Anthony Dickson faces charges after fatal Queens parkway rollover.
Anthony Dickson, 34, was driving on the Grand Central Parkway when a Honda Accord overturned near Astoria's Steinway Street overpass; reports published Oct. 4, 2026, describe an early-Sunday crash and say passenger Arianna Arregui, 23, died at Elmhurst Hospital.
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What We Know
The Daily News reported that Anthony Dickson, 34, was driving a Honda Accord when it overturned on the Grand Central Parkway near the Steinway Street overpass in Astoria. Passenger Arianna Arregui, 23, suffered severe head and body trauma and died after being taken to Elmhurst Hospital. Accounts differ on the vehicle's direction and sequence, and on whether Arregui was ejected or pulled from the car after the crash. Dickson was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while ability impaired.
Accounts differ on the crash sequence.
The Daily News initially reported that Dickson was traveling west in the right lane, lost control, and hit a side barrier, then a light pole as the Accord overturned. A follow-up said contact between the left rear wheel and the dividing curb preceded a sideways skid and rollover. QNS instead reported that Dickson was traveling east in the left lane and described a spin and skid into a grassy area before the rollover.
Reports also differ on how Arregui left the car. The first Daily News report and QNS said she was ejected; a later Daily News account said police learned Dickson had pulled her from the car after the crash. Reports say she suffered severe head and body trauma and died after being taken to Elmhurst Hospital.
Near the Steinway Street overpass.
Reports place the crash on the Grand Central Parkway near or beneath the Steinway Street overpass in Astoria, Queens, without establishing an exact point.
The crash date is inferred as Oct. 4, 2026, from same-day reporting that described an early-Sunday crash. Reports place the time around or just after 4 a.m.; the Daily News gave an approximate time of about 4:10 a.m.
A biology graduate remembered as family.
Arregui graduated from Brooklyn College in 2026 with a biology degree and worked in a laboratory developing plant-based cement, her mother told the Daily News. The newspaper reported that she left three brothers and a sister. A surviving passenger said the group was returning to Brooklyn from a friend's birthday celebration.
The passenger remembered Arregui as “Arianna was like family to us.” Her mother, Joannie Rivera, said, “She had no malice. She was a living angel.”
The arraignment included impairment allegations.
QNS reported that the arraignment complaint charged Dickson with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Daily News accounts described vehicular manslaughter and driving while ability impaired charges.
QNS reported that the complaint described a roadside drug test that was positive for THC; the Daily News said prosecutors were awaiting urine-test results. A judge set bail at $30,000 cash or $100,000 bond. These reports describe allegations, not findings of guilt.