News 12 says Chasna Thelemaque opened the door. The New York Post says she exited.

Opened the door, on News 12, opened the rear door and tumbled, on Gothamist, and exited, on the New York Post, are not the same verb. An Uber, on the New York Post, and TLC plates, on News 12 and Gothamist, are not the same description of the Toyota. Exit 28 in DUMBO, and exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge, are not the same place line. A charge is not a conviction.

News 12 Brooklyn, by Molly Bruton and Zoe Cosgrove, is time-stamped Nov. 8, 2026, at 8:57 p.m., with no zone on that clock. It reported Chasna Thelemaque, 37, was in the rear passenger seat of a Toyota RAV4 when she opened the door at around 2:30 a.m. It reported the Toyota was traveling westbound on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, approaching Exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge. The deck on the same page prints exit 28, lowercase. Exit 28, in the body, and exit 28, in the deck, are not the same capitals. It reported detectives say she then fell onto the expressway and tumbled into the right lane, where she was struck by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, also of Brooklyn. Also of Brooklyn is the residence line. It does not print a neighborhood for either of them. It reported that according to police, Mendez was allegedly driving under the influence. It reported Thelemaque suffered severe trauma to the body and EMS pronounced her dead at the scene. It reported a 33-year-old man was behind the wheel of the Toyota, which, according to law enforcement sources, had New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission license plates. It reported it remains unclear why she opened the door, that the two cars did not make contact, and that both drivers remained at the scene. It reported police arrested Mendez just after 4:45 a.m., according to detectives. It reported that in addition to vehicular manslaughter, she is charged with vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired. The lede says a drunk driver facing a slew of charges including vehicular manslaughter. Allegedly driving under the influence, in the body, and a drunk driver, in the lede, are not the same words, and they are on the same page.

Gothamist, by Michael Sol Warren, published Nov. 8, 2026, and modified the same day, with no clock on either stamp, reported a 37-year-old woman died after falling out of a moving car. It reported police said Chasna Thelemaque, a Brooklyn resident, opened the rear door of a Toyota RAV4 and tumbled out at around 2:30 a.m. A Brooklyn resident, on Gothamist, is not Prospect Park South, and it is not a sentence that prints a neighborhood. Opened the rear door and tumbled, on Gothamist, and opened the door and then fell and tumbled, on News 12, are not the same sequence. It reported the vehicle was travelling westbound, spelled that way, approaching exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge. Travelling, on Gothamist, and traveling, on News 12, are not the same spelling. It reported she was struck by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, heading in the same direction, that Mendez was arrested Sunday, and that she faces charges including vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated. Charges including, on Gothamist, is not the four-count list on News 12. Gothamist does not print vehicular assault or driving while ability impaired. It does not print 4:45 a.m. It reported an NYPD spokesperson said Thelemaque suffered severe trauma from the collision and first responders declared her dead at the scene. Severe trauma from the collision, and first responders, on Gothamist, and severe trauma to the body, and EMS, on News 12, are not the same sentence. It reported the Toyota was driven by a 33-year-old male and had TLC plates, that it remains unclear why she opened the door, that the two vehicles never made contact, and that both drivers remained. Never made contact, on Gothamist, and did not make contact, on News 12, are not the same phrase. It reported an earlier NYPD statement misidentified the car she was riding in as a Toyota Highlander and misidentified the driver of the Hyundai as a man. Highlander, and a man, are on Gothamist. They are not on News 12.

The New York Post, by Jesse O'Neill, published Nov. 8, 2026, at 9:13 p.m. ET, reported a passenger exited her moving Uber on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway early Sunday and was then struck and killed by a drunken driver, according to police and law-enforcement sources. Drunken driver, in that lede, and drunk driver, on News 12, are not the same word. It reported the incident occurred just before 2:30 a.m. on the westbound expressway as it approached Exit 28 in DUMBO. Just before 2:30 a.m., on the New York Post, and around 2:30 a.m., on News 12 and Gothamist, are not the same clock. Exit 28 in DUMBO, on the New York Post, and Exit 28 near the Brooklyn Bridge, on News 12 and Gothamist, are not the same place line. It reported Chasna Thelemaque, 37, of Prospect Park South, was riding in the back of a Toyota Rav4, which sources said was an Uber, when she exited out of the rear door and landed on the right lane of the 50 mph highway. Rav4, on the New York Post, and RAV4, on News 12 and Gothamist, are not the same capitals. An Uber, which the New York Post attributed to sources, is not a word on the News 12 story or the Gothamist story read here. Those two print TLC plates. The New York Post does not print TLC. It reported it was unclear whether she fell or bolted. Fell or bolted, on the New York Post, and unclear why she opened the door, on News 12 and Gothamist, are not the same question. It reported she was struck and killed by a Hyundai Elantra driven by 29-year-old Destiny Mendez, who was intoxicated, according to cops. Intoxicated, according to cops, on the New York Post, and allegedly driving under the influence, on News 12, are not the same attribution. It reported Mendez, of East Flatbush, was charged with vehicular assault, vehicular manslaughter, DWI, and driving while ability impaired. Vehicular assault before vehicular manslaughter, on the New York Post, and vehicular manslaughter before vehicular assault, on News 12, are not the same order. A caption on the New York Post page lists vehicular manslaughter and DWI and does not print vehicular assault or driving while ability impaired. The body prints four charges. It reported the 33-year-old man remained at the scene and that the Rav4 and the Elantra did not collide. Did not collide, on the New York Post, is not did not make contact. The New York Post does not print 4:45 a.m., EMS, or a trauma description. The photographs on that page are highway traffic. They were not used. Vehicular manslaughter, vehicular assault, driving while intoxicated, and driving while ability impaired are charges. They are not convictions. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.