NEW YORK, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- An off-duty cop was intoxicated when he drove his vehicle into a young couple crossing a New York street, killing one and injuring the other, sources allege.

The unidentified sources said Officer Martin Abreu of Jersey City, N.J., was facing criminal charges Sunday after an early Saturday traffic accident that left law school graduate Marilyn Huang Feng dead, the New York Post reported.


Feng and her boyfriend, hedge-fund analyst Dennis Loffredo, were allegedly hit by Abreu's car in New York's financial district. Police said the collision killed Feng, 26, immediately and left Loffredo, also 26, in critical but stable condition.

Abreu, who had no reported injuries, was arraigned Saturday night on charges of driving while intoxicated and aggravated vehicular homicide.

Loffredo's mother, Diane, told the Post Feng was to have started a new job Monday.

"She was hoping to just make her life better in the (United States)," she told the newspaper.