A New York limo company operator has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide in a crash that killed 20 when the brakes failed on one of his vehicles. He was spared prison time and will receive probation and community service.
Loved ones of the dead excoriated Nauman Hussain, 31, as he sat quietly at the defense table during a hearing that was held in a high school gymnasium to provide for social distancing among the many relatives, friends and media members attending.
“Every day I try to wrap my head around this impossible situation,” said Sheila McGarvey, whose 30-year-old son Shane McGowan and his wife, Erin, were passengers. One spectator left the hearing, cursing and shouting, “He killed 20 people,” before apologizing to the judge on her way out.On Oct. 6, 2018, Axel Steenburg of Amsterdam, 30 miles west of Albany, rented the 2001 Ford Excursion limousine for the 30th birthday of his new wife, Amy. The party group, ranging in age from 24 to 34, included Axel’s brother, Amy’s three sisters and two of their husbands, and close friends.
Prosecutors and Hussain’s lawyers said the plea agreement assured a resolution in a case that would have faced an uncertain outcome if presented to a jury. A telephone message left with Mavis Discount Tires’ corporate headquarters in Millwood, New York, was not immediately returned.
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