Indian-origin man sentenced for killing 2 teens in NY crash

A 36-year-old Indian-origin construction executive has been sentenced to up to 25 years for driving at 150 kmph while drunk and high on cocaine resulting in a crash that killed two teenagers in the US, according to media reports.

The wrong-way crash took place in 2023 on Long Island. Amandeep Singh was sentenced on Friday to eight-and-a-third to 25 years in prison for the deaths of 14-year-old Ethan Falkowitz and Drew Hassenbein in the drunk driving crash in Nassau County, the New York Post reported. Singh appeared stonefaced and barely acknowledged the victims’ family members as he entered the courtroom Friday in Mineola. Hundreds of tearful friends and loved ones packed a Nassau County courtroom as Singh was sentenced to up to 25 years for the deaths of Roslyn Middle School eighth-graders Falkowitz and Hassenbein on May 3, 2023, the report added.

“Instead of picking up my son at school, I had to identify him at the morgue. It’s inhuman torture,” Drew’s father, Mitch Hassenbein, said in court.