A 30-year-old woman died Tuesday of injuries she sustained when an alleged drunk driver plowed through a crowd celebrating the 4th of July in a Lower East Side park — becoming the fourth person killed in the horrific crash.
Emily Ruiz had been hospitalized since last Thursday when the suspect, Daniel Christopher Hyden, allegedly drove his Ford F-150 pickup truck while intoxicated and barreled over a sidewalk into Corlears Hook Park.
Ruiz — who lived across the street from the park — died of her injuries five days later, police announced Thursday.
Hyden, a 44-year-old substance abuse counselor who wrote a book called “The Sober Addict,” has been jailed without bail since the deadly crash.
He was charged with assault causing serious injury with a weapon, aggravated vehicular homicide, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated unlicensed operator — as he was driving with a suspended license.
Hyden, who has a history of DWI arrests across multiple states, is being held in protective custody, to the dismay of the victims’ families.
The self-proclaimed addict is accused of killing Lucille Pinkney, 59, and her son Herman Pinkney, 38 — who lived together near the crash scene — as well as Ana Morel, 43.
Another seven people were injured, including Herman’s longtime girlfriend Jessica Pellot and her 11-year-old son, Jakob Velazquez.