Pregnant died in road fight after Beyoncé concert in New York; suspect fled to South Carolina
Chaquasia Pigford was arrested in South Carolina and brought back to New York to face charges as suspicious of fatally running over Tiffany Cifuni (32), who was pregnant, during a discussion after a clash in Brooklyn.
Pigford, accused of I run over and escape In a stolen car, He had been fugitive after allegedly crashing the Cifuni vehicle on the night of May 24, and then run over it after the victim confronted her by the collision.
Part of the discussion was captured in video. At the time of the Cifuni accident He drove his house in New York when leaving a Beyoncé concert at the Metlife Stadium (NJ), detailed New York Post.
During Pigford’s appearance at Brooklyn’s criminal court for homicide charges on Wednesday, a relative of Cifuni muttered the word “monster” while a prosecutor described the details of the alleged crimes.
Subsequently Nick Cifuni, the victim’s father -in -law, told Daily News His relief for Pigford’s arrest. “We just mean that we are glad to have happened,” he said. “We have been shocked from the day they killed her, and we will not rest until this ends and just justice.”
The Prosecutor’s Office declared that Pigford He drove a 2016 robado chevy On Lewis Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, just before midnight, when Cifuni’s Toyota 4runner 2021 crashed behind.
Cifuni, with 12 weeks of pregnancy of his first child, He stopped to exchange information about insurance, but Pigford fled at full speed, according to Tara Kelly, deputy prosecutor of the Manhattan district.
Kelly indicated that Cifuni followed the stolen Chevy for about two blocks Until the other driver stopped in Van Buren St. witnesses they declared the police that the victim left her Toyota, but Pigford refused to lower the window or talk to Cifuni.
At one point the victim placed himself in front of Chevy and was overwhelmed. Her body was under the car, which dragged her about 50 meters down the street, According to the authorities. Apparently Pigford made two illegal turns, the last one on Lafayette Avenue, where he crashed into a parked truck and a Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 38 -year -old woman.
Pigford He left the car and fled the place on footthe prosecutor Kelly added. The suspect lived a few blocks from the accident place. “The only reason that is accused stopped driving was because the two front tires were burst”.
The doctors took Cifuni to the Kings County Hospital with Serious head and torsionswhere he died about 30 minutes later. At some point Pigford fled the city. The authorities reported that He has relatives in South Carolina, where the telephone records located it A few days after homicide.
All charges are mere accusations and it is presumed that prosecuted persons are innocent until their guilt is proven in court. In addition to accidents, too Road violence has become a constant in New York and New Jersey.
In April the biker Ibis Báez (29) died in an apparent episode of Road Fury in Long Island (NY). In March Juliette Piscopo, a 26 -year -old, was accused of attempted homicide after an alleged fury shooting at the wheel in New Jersey.
In February a driver who crashed from behind to another on a Brooklyn Highway (NYC) became furious when the victim wanted to take a picture and threw his car before fleding at full speed with the man clinging to the hood.
In July 2024 Clement Boateng was arrested as a suspect from Ronald Gómez Mesa’s fatal stabb The Bronx (NYC). Also that month Christian Alvarado, a 29 -year -old, was fatally shot outside his car crashed in New York Rockland County. Hours later a driver was hit in the head and his passenger was stabbed in an apparent fight for a transfer service in Brooklyn (NYC).
In May 2024 a man declared himself guilty after being accused of drunk and kill David McKenzie, after both were involved in a car accident in Long Island (NY). In April of that year a clash and a persecution between two cars ended when one driver stabbed another in the Upper East Side of Manhattan (NYC). Days before a Latin teenager died in his father’s arms after being stabbed in his heart during a fight for a parking lot in The Bronx (NYC).
At the end of March 2024, two gang members were sentenced for killing a young man in Long Island after a road fight and were waiting for judgment for another similar homicide in New Jersey. In February of last year a woman stabbed a taxi driver on her neck when he tried to charge him the payment of the trip in Queens (NYC).
In January 2024, a woman fatally ran a Hispanic when fighting for a man in a public housing building (Nycha) in East New York, Brooklyn. Also that month a Hispanic stabbed a driver in a road fight in full light. In December 2023 a man and a woman were attacked by a driver who wielded a hammer during a road discussion that became violent on Christmas night in Queens (NYC).
In October 2023, a 50 -year -old Hispanic was fatally hit in Queens (NYC) in the midst of a violent attack of fury. Just one day before an immigrant grandfather died with blows after a minor shock also in that county.
In September 2023, an aspiring teacher died days after being shot on the head of “Home Depot” in Brooklyn (NYC), in an apparent fight for a parking lot. In August of that year Fausto Rodríguez, a 40 -year -old Dominican father, died shot when a crash became violent at Cross Bronx Expressway, leaving four orphaned children.
In June 2023 Javier Muñoz (29) and Joshua Rivera (22) were arrested by the Police as suspected of having killed Jeremy Cancel (34) in a street fight following a minor clash between cars at the end of Puerto Rico Day in New York.
The incident is under investigation. The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance with drivers who handle speed and/or under the purpose of alcohol and drugs. Also cyclists and motorized are frequent protagonists of road accidents, as victims and perpetrators, when circulating on the sidewalks, disrespecting the traffic light and even the direction of the streets.
