Nearly 5 years after a stretch limousine packed with birthday revelers careened down a hill and off a road in rural upstate New York, killing 20 people, the operator of the company that rented out the vehicle is going on trial.
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. — Nearly five years after a stretch limousine packed with birthday revelers careened down a hill and off a road in rural upstate New York,Nauman Hussain, who ran Prestige Limousine, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the Oct. 6, 2018 crash — one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks of the past two decades — in Schoharie, a village west of Albany.
Victim Axel Steenburg had hired the 2001 Ford Excursion limousine for an outing to celebrate the 30th birthday of his wife, Amy, who was King's daughter.The group was headed to a brewery outside Cooperstown, New York. The passengers ranged in age from 24 to 34 and included Axel Steenburg's brother, Amy Steenburg's three sisters and two of their husbands and close friends.
The National Transportation Safety Board found Prestige showed an "egregious disregard for safety" and took pains to avoid more stringent inspection rules intended to ensure the stretch vehicle had the braking capacity and other requirements for carrying a load heavier than it was initially built for.
Emergency personnel respond to the scene of a deadly crash in Schoharie, N.Y., Oct. 6, 2018. Nearly five years after catastrophic brake failure sent a stretch limousine packed with birthday revelers careening down a hill and into a shallow ravine in rural New York, killing 20 people, the operator of the company that rented out the vehicle is going on trial. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in Schoharie County Court. There also were issues with the shop Hussain used for repair work.
In an email, a Mavis spokesperson expressed sympathy for the victims and their families, called its billing policies "honest, fair and sound," and said the company "bears no legal responsibility for this tragedy."The plea deal announced in 2021 called for Hussain to plead guilty only to the criminally negligent homicide counts. Under the deal, he was to be placed on probation for five years and perform 1,000 hours of community service, but serve no jail time.
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