Overview
- Jesus Juarez, 36, faces counts of reckless driving, failing to yield to a pedestrian, and failure to exercise due care in the August 2024 fatality.
- Police say he turned himself in to the NYPD on Tuesday after remaining at the scene on the night of the crash.
- He was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court and released under supervised release without bail, with the next court date set for January 23.
- Investigators say Juarez changed lanes on the Washington Bridge, hit a Toyota Highlander, then struck a parked construction truck and worker Herb Henry Alesna.
- Alesna, 41, a Maspeth, Queens resident working in a closed lane, was pronounced dead at the scene and is survived by his wife and infant daughter.