Good Samaritan Killed by Drunk Driver in Brooklyn
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A man who had stopped to help a stranded driver was struck and killed by a drunk driver early this morning in Brooklyn, police said.
At about 1:20 a.m., Alexey Bushuyev, 22, struck and killed 50-year-old Rafael Rafilov, who had pulled his car into the center of Prospect Expressway in Boro Park and exited to help the driver of a broken down vehicle, police said. After barreling into the two men, Mr. Bushuyev, who is being charged with driving while intoxicated, then struck the green Lincoln Towncar of the stranded driver, propelling it into Rafilov’s vehicle, a white Lincoln Towncar, and then into a grey Honda, injuring a third person, police said.
