webfact Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Limo company operator in New York crash charged with homicide By Gina Cherelus Nauman Hussain, the operator of a limousine company that owned the vehicle involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was taken into custody, Wednesday, and charged with criminally negligent homicide. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The operator of a limousine company that owned the vehicle involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was charged on Wednesday with criminally negligent homicide, New York State Police said. Nauman Hussain, 28, was charged with one felony count related to the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in nearly a decade. All 20 victims were listed on the charging document. Hussain was issued written violations by police and the state Department of Transportation that the driver he hired should not have been operating the 2001 Ford Excursion limousine involved in Saturday's crash. The state ordered that vehicle out of service in September and it should not have been on the road, New York State Police Superintendent George Beach said. "The sole responsibility for the motor vehicle being on the road on Saturday rests with Nauman Hussain," Beach said. Hussain is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday evening in Schoharie, New York. Shahed Hussain, Nauman's father and the owner of Prestige Limousine, was not in the country and more charges were possible, Beach said. The company's lawyer, Lee Kindlon, told a news conference on Wednesday that he intended to defend Nauman Hussain against any charges. Kindlon said on Tuesday that safety violations issued last month on the limousine involved in the accident were largely minor and had not caused the crash. The vehicle, carrying 17 people on their way to a birthday party on Saturday, ran a stop sign at a highway intersection in Schoharie, about 40 miles (65 km) west of Albany, police and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said. It crashed into an unoccupied parked car and two pedestrians before coming to a halt in a shallow ravine, officials said. The driver, all 17 passengers and the two pedestrians were killed. George Longworth, an attorney for the family of the driver, 53-year-old Scott Lisinicchia, said on Tuesday that his family "believes that unbeknownst to him, he was provided with a vehicle that was neither roadworthy nor safe for any of its occupants." Before the crash, one of the victims, Erin McGowan, texted a friend that the limousine appeared to have engine trouble, the New York Times reported. State authorities and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. (Reporting by Peter Szekely and Gina Cherelus in New York; Writing by Lisa Shumaker; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama, Bill Berkrot) -- © Copyright Reuters 2018-10-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 A troll post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
car720 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 These guys will always be around as long as there exist people who have no regard for the lives and well being of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonsamui55 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 And that’s the way it should be. Too bad Thailand doesn’t do that with the Phuket tour boat operator that killed all those Chinese a few months back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 I wish Thailand would take actions like this to help reduce the daily slaughter on the roads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenl Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, jasonsamui55 said: And that’s the way it should be. Too bad Thailand doesn’t do that with the Phuket tour boat operator that killed all those Chinese a few months back. You mean where the nominee shareholder is in jail and the real owner fled to China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Both the vehicle and the driver were considered unworthy. Yet, he kept them on the road. Hope he gets to spend a few decades in the slammer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 after due process if proven guilty hopefully serious jail time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Off-topic posts removed along with replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesc55 Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 The same limo driver was ticketed for inadequate license to drive the same limo, last month. No excuses. why do I guess the owner of the company will not return to the US? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhorse Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 You don't F with the USA law. They will take you down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 1 hour ago, petesc55 said: The same limo driver was ticketed for inadequate license to drive the same limo, last month. No excuses. why do I guess the owner of the company will not return to the US? Yep, time to throw his son under the bus if he can find one that works and open a tour bus company and limo service in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesc55 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 The Dad has been publicly outed as an FBI informant for 'moslem activities' in NY. I wonder how well that goes over in Pakistan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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