It was almost a year ago when the 31-year-old, then an off-duty Brooklyn cop, struck and killed a 32-year-old woman as she tried to hail a cab after leaving a wedding reception. In court this week, the driver, who refused a breath test at the time of the fatal New York City car accident, pled guilty to second-degree vehicular manslaughter and admitted he was intoxicated at the time of the accident, the New York Times reported.
He is expected to serve 90-days in jail, undergo five years of probation and will see his driver’s license suspended for one year. In addition, he is required to complete an alcohol treatment program and must install an interlocking device on his car, which requires a breath test before the vehicle can be operated. He will be formally sentenced on Sept. 24. He also resigned from his eight-year position as a Brooklyn law enforcement officer with the 68th Precinct.
After he pled guilty, the former officer spoke briefly with the family of the deceased. Her father, a pastor at the Church of God on Rodgers Avenue, said the family offered their forgiveness.
In 2007, more than 28,000 people were arrested for drunk driving in New York and 461 people were killed in alcohol-related car accidents in New York. In 2008, there were 320 fatal New York car accidents where alcohol was a factor in claiming 409 lives. New York drunk driving car accidents are responsible for about one-third of the state’s traffic deaths.
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