UES Doorman Killed by Off Duty NYPD Sgt. Driving Wrong Way

Manuel Boitel, a beloved Upper East Side doorman who was heading to his home in Peekskill, N.Y. was killed when his car was hit head on by a wrong way driver on the Taconic State Parkway, police said.

At around 11:39 p.m. on Jan. 22, Tiffany Howell, 47, an off duty NYPD sgt and a resident of Warwick, NY, was allegedly driving south in the northbound lane when her 2021 Infiniti collided with the 2024 Toyota driven by Boitel, according to the NY State Police.

He was transported to the Westchester Medical Center where he was pronounced dead early on Jan. 23, according to police. Howell was also transported to the same hospital but did not have life threatening injuries, cops said and is expected to survive…

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