Brooklyn woman charged with murder in fatal Bed-Stuy hit-and-run
Chaquasia Pigford is charged with intentional second-degree murder, second-degree murder with depraved indifference and manslaughter, among other charges.
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A 28-year-old woman has been charged with murder in a fatal Bed-Stuy hit-and-run.
Chaquasia Pigford is charged with intentional second-degree murder, second-degree murder with depraved indifference and manslaughter, among other charges.
Tiffany Cifuni, 32, was driving westbound on Van Buren Street when she was struck from behind by a 2016 Chevy Trax. Police had said Cifuni then exited her vehicle and walked toward the Chevy, as the driver of that vehicle struck her and continued to turn the wrong way into a one-way street. Cifuni was dragged.
Cifuni was three months pregnant, sources tell News 12.
“This was a shocking crime that claimed the life of an expectant mother," District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said in a statement. "This defendant is accused of stealing a car, using it to senselessly run down an innocent woman, then leaving her to die in the street. We will now seek justice for the victim and her grieving family and will hold the defendant fully accountable for this heartbreaking loss.”
