“The accident was caused by the fraud and failure of Mavis to fix the breaks, and the incompetence of the state of New York to uncover their misconduct,” Kindlon told the jury. He blamed the problems with the vehicle on the shop Hussain used for repair work, Mavis Discount Tires. Hussain, then in his 20s, was inexperienced in running a business and relied on professionals to make sure things were done properly, Kindlon said. Racial Disparity in States' Victim Compensation Fundsĭefense lawyer Lee Kindlon told the jury Hussain was not to blame. The vehicle’s aging brakes, he said, had not been replaced. Hussain did not have the authority to operate his limo business, which was placed out of service multiple times before the tragedy, Rench said. Nauman Hussain, operator of Prestige Limousine, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the 2018 crash in Schoharie, a village west of Albany.ĭuring opening statements Monday, special prosecutor Frederick Rench said Hussain intentionally failed to follow regulations for maintaining the 2001 Ford Excursion stretch SUV, which was loaded with friends on an outing when it spun out of control on a hill and crashed into a parked car, trees and an embankment. (AP) - A limousine company operator on trial for a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was portrayed by a prosecutor Monday as directly responsible for the deaths, while a defense lawyer argued he was simply in the dark about mechanical problems likely to blame for the wreck.
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