A Dunkin’ Donut run ended in the death of a safety worker at a construction site in South Jamaica last Friday, said law enforcement.
Isabel Alvarez, 44, a flag person, was holding a “stop/slow” sign inside a safety zone within the site when the defendant, Daveanand Budhai, 25, of 115th Street in South Ozone Park, was allegedly driving at a high rate of speed beyond the posted 25 mph limit near exit 1N on the Nassau Expressway leading to the Van Wyck Expressway, and hit her, said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz’s Office.
“I was in a rush,” Budhai said in a criminal complaint obtained from Katz’s office. “I was in a rush because I wanted to get something to eat from Dunkin’ Donuts.”
An investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad said Budhai was operati