Suspect arrested in fatal 2-car Harlem crash

NEW YORK -- Police have arrested a Brooklyn man in connection with a two-car crash in Harlem that killed a 46-year-old woman and injured several others.

Wislairs Mentor was charged with aggravated unlicensed operator.

The accident occurred Wednesday at 2 p.m.

Police say a 2003 Ford Focus travelling south on Broadway attempted to make a left turn onto West 135th Street when it collided with Mentor's van.

Both vehicles careened onto the sidewalk, striking a 44-year-old pedestrian.

Police say Lisette Ventura, of Manhattan, the front passenger in the Focus, was taken to Saint Luke's Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Focus and two infant rear passengers, as well as the female pedestrian were hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.

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