RED-LIGHT HORROR
Woman fights to survive after reckless driver slams into Lyft
A 32-year-old woman is clinging to life after the Lyft she was riding in was struck by a daredevil driver in a souped-up sports car who blew through a red light in Brooklyn early Monday.
The passenger was riding north in the back seat of her hired Honda Accord on Bedford Ave. when the car was struck by a Dodge Charger flying west on DeKalb Ave. about 12:25 a.m., police said.
The impact ejected the woman from the Honda. She was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in critical condition, officials said.
Surveillance video shows the Honda slowly entering the intersection only to be T-boned by the speeding Charger, which blew through a steady red light right into the back of the car where the victim was sitting.
The Accord spun around from the impact, crashing into a parked white van and mounting the sidewalk.
“I heard it,” said Amanda Jennings, 36, who lives in a brownstone next to the crash scene. “I heard a loud screech and a crash.”
The driver of the Charger, identified by police sources as Ryan Ortiz, 22, of Middletown, Orange County, was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
The Charger was adorned with a wraparound design from the horror movie “Scream” and a vanity plate that reads “SCR3AM.”
Several videos showing the car performing reckless stunts were shared in recent weeks on the Instagram page @jaydollasofficial_392, which was deactivated Monday following the crash.
One video, of the car doing doughnuts with another vehicle in the Kings Plaza Shopping Center parking lot, appeared to be taken just hours before the crash.
The car has two tickets on its record, both in the past two weeks, according to public data. One was for violating a no-standing zone on Nov. 20 and another was a fine for a missing front license plate on Nov. 23.
There were no immediate charges filed against Ortiz, but the crash is still being investigated.
The Lyft driver operating the Honda, also 22, is in stable condition, officials said.
“Safety is fundamental to Lyft, and we are deeply saddened by the news of this collision,” said a Lyft spokeswoman. “We’ve reached out to the driver and the rider’s family, and stand ready to assist law enforcement in any investigation.”