NEW YORK (PIX11) — The family of a Manhattan man who was killed in a wrong-way crash a day before his wedding last year is suing the alleged drunk driver and the NYPD cop who chased him before the fatal crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway.
The city, then-teen driver Jimmy Connors, NYPD Officer Boubacar Barry, and Manhattan club Nebula are named as defendants in the lawsuit filed in a New York Supreme Court last week, according to the complaint. The parties are being sued for negligence.
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Kirk Walker, 38, was just one day away from his New Jersey wedding when he was killed in the crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway on Aug. 24, 2024. The crash happened near West 154th Street around 2:20 a.m., according to the NYPD.
Walker’s family claims Connors, then 17, was overserved at Manhattan club Nebula and was allegedly drunk when he got behind the wheel of his Chevy pick-up truck and crashed into a car…