An ex-NYPD officer and a Bay Shore woman both pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges Tuesday in connection with a 2024 high-speed crash that killed a Lindenhurst woman.

Stanley Luc Cadet, 27, of North Babylon, and Kayla Lopez, 28, of Bay Shore, were both indicted by a grand jury in the May 11, 2024, crash that killed Anna Wilson, 22, of Lindenhurst.

Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed a special prosecutor from the attorney general's office to prosecute the case in Suffolk County court because Cadet was an off-duty NYPD officer at the time, driving his personal car.

Special counsel Joseph Bianco said in court Tuesday that the two cars were traveling next to each other, each going about 100 mph, when they drove through a steady red light on Union Boulevard, just east of Route 231 in West Isli

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