Adriana Sylmetaj 24-years-old was ejected from the car when it collided with a utility pole at around 5am on Sunday morning, causing the vehicle to break into three parts.
Her boyfriend Adem Nikeziq, 30, was charged with manslaughter, negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and driving while intoxicated, among other things, an NYPD spokesperson said.
The Albanian couple were traveling southbound on Hylan Boulevard in New Dorp at 4.44am when Nikesiq lost control. The vehicle hit a barrier wall before spinning out and crashing into a wooden utility pole, police said.
It was reported that the severity of the impact caused Sylmetaj to be ejected from the car and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nikeziq, a resident of the borough, was taken to the Staten Island University North Hospital after police noticed he was drunk, the spokesman said.
A baby registry on BuyBuy Baby listed Nikesiq and Sylmetaj, of Great Kills, as expectant parents. The child was due in April, according to the website.
In a tribute posted to Sylmetaj online, Nikeziq was described as 'a shame to the Albanian community'.
'He's going away for the rest of his life and that's still not good enough for that piece of s**t,' one grieving relative of Sylmetaj told the Post outside her home on Sunday.
'They couldn't save the baby,' he said. 'We're never going to be ok. None of us. We've experienced a terrible tragedy.'
'I don't understand how the [utility] pole is still standing,' Mario Basso, owner of H20 Auto Spa near the site of the crash told TSR. 'It was hit so hard.'
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