September 03, 2024
Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice
Dimple Patel surrendered Tuesday after being charged with vehicular homicide and driving under the influence for allegedly starting a four-car crash that killed two people on I-95 North in March.
The woman who is facing charges for a car crash on Interstate 95 that killed two people in March surrendered to Pennsylvania State Police on Tuesday morning.
Dimple Patel was charged last Wednesday with homicide, driving under the influence, tampering with evidence and related charges for allegedly starting a four-car collision that killed Aktilek Baktybekov and Tolobek Esenbekov and injured two others on March 3.
The crash occurred at 3:20 a.m. on I-95 North at mile marker 26.8 near Port Richmond. A red Toyota Prius owned by Baktybekov was disabled on the left shoulder, and partially in the left lane, police said. Esenbekov had parked his gray Hyundai Elantra behind the Prius.
Esenbekov was in the midst of exiting his car, seemingly to assist Baktybekov, who was standing on the roadway, when Patel struck the rear of the Hyundai and caused the collision, police said. I-95 was closed in both directions for multiple hours following the crash.
Police said Patel was driving a 2022 Ford Mustang and traveling 71-72 mph using the car's Blue Cruise hands-free driving feature and Adaptive Cruise Control.
