Drunk Driver Gets 24 Years to Life in Prison for Killing 4 People at July 4 Barbecue in NYC Park
- 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’
Heartbroken New Yorkers whose relatives were mowed down by a drunken addiction counselor during a July Fourth party described their collective pain as the killer was sentenced to 24 years Friday — including how one child whose mother died now whispers "I want mommy" in the night.
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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