One of the two teenagers murdered when a wrong-way driver struck their car in Jericho will have a burial service on Friday. According to authorities, Amandeep Singh, 34, hit an Alfa Romeo carrying four teenagers on Wednesday night while driving on the wrong side of Route 106. According to reports, Singh’s blood alcohol content was.18, more than twice the legal limit.
The teenagers were returning home after a local tennis match after grabbing supper. A 16-year-old was in the left rear, the driver was a 17-year-old, and the two 14-year-olds were in the front and back of the car on the right side, where they absorbed the brunt of the collision.
Det Capt. Stephen Fitzpatrick described the situation as “probably one of the most catastrophic scenes I’ve seen in a long time.” When the driver hit the automobile with the kids inside, “it was almost like the car exploded.” At the scene, the two eighth-graders were pronounced dead. Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz, students at Roslyn High School, were later recognized as individuals.
The victims were varsity tennis players who were talented and dedicated athletes. It’s pretty tricky for everyone. Tennis instructor Jay Harris said, “It’s simply devastating. I found out and spoke to both families. According to the authorities, the two other teenagers in the automobile were taken to the hospital and admitted for internal injuries. They stand firm.
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Singh’s Dodge into the Alfa Romeo first, then the minors’ car struck a Volvo carrying a lady and a teenager. According to police, those victims received minor injuries treatment on the site. Singh allegedly tried to flee on foot while a kind stranger assisted him out of his overturned truck, according to the police. But he was swiftly apprehended.
Singh was very drunk since he was “kind of all over the place” when speaking, according to the cops. He claimed to be coming from a birthday party and claimed to have been in New Jersey. The head-on collision that claimed two lives was described as “horrific” by Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, who also stated that DWI enforcement would “take back our streets this summer…two tragic lives lost because someone chose to drink and drive and end up going the wrong way.”
We cannot and will not have it in this county. Bruce Blakeman, the executive of Nassau County, remarked, “Our hearts go out to their families.” “That accident’s perpetrator will be brought to justice,” Singh is accused of two counts of second-degree assault and two counts of vehicular manslaughter in addition to aggravated vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and driving while intoxicated.
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As he left the police station, he kept silent. “This is an otherwise law-abiding man with a college degree, a law-abiding man with a job,” defense lawyer James Kousouros said. Thursday’s arraignment of Singh drew hundreds of locals to the Hempstead courthouse. He received a remand without bond. A buddy said they were the ideal individuals with the most promising futures.
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