The two young women accused of taking a reckless, high-speed drive over the Manhattan Bridge into Chinatown, stealing the lives of two New Yorkers who had no time to act in their horrific final moments, pleaded not guilty in the incident Wednesday.

Autumn Romero, 23, pleaded not guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court to second-degree murder and related charges handed up by a grand jury for the July 19 incident in Chinatown that claimed the lives of 63-year-old May Kwok as she sat on a bench at the intersection of Canal St. and Bowery and Kevin Cruickshank, 55, as he rode his bike on the sidewalk near the mouth of the bridge.

Kennedy Lecraft, 22, who was riding in the passenger seat, pleaded not guilty to criminal possession of a weapon and related counts.

Romero was behind the wheel of

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