An unlicensed driver killed a young woman riding in his Mercedes-Benz when he crashed into a school bus in Brooklyn — and then fled the scene in a taxi, cops said Sunday.
Tyree Epps, 32, was speeding south in a 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300 on Van Sinderen Ave. in Brownsville when police say he sped through a stop sign at Blake Ave. about 1 p.m. Thursday.
He plowed into the rear driver’s side of an eastbound 2019 Blue Bird school bus, sending it careening into a parked box truck, according to police.
Imani Vance, 26, who was sitting in the passenger seat of Epps’ Mercedes, suffered severe head trauma, cops said. Medics rushed her to Brookdale University Hospital but she couldn’t be saved.
The 57-year-old woman driving the school bus was taken to Kings County Hospital in stable condition.
Police later arrested Epps, who lives in East New York. He is being charged with manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal crash and driving without a license.
He was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court Friday and ordered held without bail.