Prosecutors said Nauman Hussain intentionally failed to conduct inspections on the Ford Excursion, which would have revealed brake defects and prevented the wreck.
Jurors reached their verdict during their second day of deliberations in the trial of Nauman Hussain, who ran Prestige LimousineALBANY, N.Y. — A limousine service manager was convicted of manslaughter Wednesday in a crash that killed 20 people in rural New York, one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks in two decades., who ran Prestige Limousine. He faces the possibility of up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced May 31.
Prosecutors said Hussain intentionally failed to conduct required, routine state inspections on the 2001 Ford Excursion, and that the checks would have revealed brake defects and prevented the wreck.Defense lawyer Lee Kindlon said his client was misled by a repair shop. The shop wasn’t criminally charged and denied it was at fault.
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