US EditionDrunk Driver Gets 24 Years to Life in Prison for Killing 4 People at July 4 Barbecue in NYC Park
Daniel Hyden, convicted of killing four and injuring seven in a 2024 drunk driving crash, was sentenced to 24 years to life by Manhattan Supreme Court Judge April Newbauer.
- On Friday, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge April Newbauer sentenced Daniel Hyden, 46, to 24 years-to-life in state prison for the July 4, 2024 drunk-driving rampage in Lower East Side, Manhattan.
- Less than an hour after being ejected from a nearby party boat, Daniel Hyden was drunk as he drove on Water Street, police officers who responded said.
- Victims included Emily Ruiz, 30; Lucille Pinkney, 59; Herman Pinkney, 38; and Ana Morel, 43; seven injured survivors suffered trauma, with several trapped beneath the truck.
- Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg warned intoxicated drivers will be prosecuted and Judge April Newbauer said Hyden valued human life `slightly, if at all`.
- The community has been left with children left without parents and survivors reporting post-traumatic stress, with the Lower East Side community forever changed by the July 4 rampage.
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Drunk driver gets 24 years to life in prison for killing 4 people at July 4 barbecue in NYC park
A drunk driver has been sentenced to 24 years to life in prison for killing four people at a Fourth of July picnic in New York City.
Drunk driver who killed 4 in Lower East Side July 4 carnage sentenced to 24 years
The children left without parents, gruesome injuries and countless lives shattered by a drunk driver’s July 4 rampage were laid bare at his Manhattan sentencing Friday, with 24 years behind bars handed down for the carnage that a judge said resulted from reckless apathy. State Supreme Court Justice April Newbauer said Daniel Hyden, 46, valued human life slightly, “if at all,” when he plowed his pickup truck into a group of Lower East Side reside…
Heartbroken families describe pain at sentencing of July 4 drunk driver who killed four in NYC: ‘I want Mommy’
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Man who drove drunk into Lower East Side crowd of July 4, killing 4, gets 24-years to life
Daniel Hyden was found guilty back in November of last year on four counts of second degree murder after driving into a crowd celebrating July 4, 2024 in a Lower East Side park.
Man sentenced for deadly July 4th drunk driving crash that killed 4
Editor's note: The above video originally aired on July 5, 2024. NEW YORK (PIX11) -- A man who crashed into a crowd of people and killed four on July 4th has been sentenced to 24 years-to-life in prison for the drunk driving incident, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced on Friday. Daniel Hyden, 46, was [...]
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