| 24 to Life
For Drunk Driver Who Killed 4
on LES Then Victims Families
Speak on Centre St
by
Matthew & Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
100
CENTRE STREET,
Jan 16 – A drunk driving
incident which killed four
people on the Lower East Side
on the 4th of July 2024 was
dissected in a bench trial on
October 20 before Justice
April A. Newbauer. Inner City
Press was there - as were
dozens of LES residents, many
of them present at the time of
the crash.
As a
female witness testified, the
narrative turned to a man who
had tried to pull the
obviously drunk Daniel Hyden
out of his still-running
pickup truck.
A man in the
gallery raised his hand -
like, that was me! - but was
told to take his hand down by
court
security.
Justice
Newbauer heard argument on
whether Hyden's memoir of
being a drunk driver turned
substance abuse counselor can
come into the evidence before
her. The prosecutor promised
to come forward with a witness
to authenticate the
memoir.
Jump cut to
November 3, Inner City Press
live tweeted the verdict, here:
Justice Newbauer:
As to count 1, murder in the
second degree, I find the
defendant guilty. Count 2,
guilty. Count 3, guilty. Court
4, guilty. Court 5 for
aggravated - guilty. Counts 6
to 12 - all guilty. Guilty on
all charges. The verdict
stands recorded. Defense, will
you be filing a motion?
Defense: Not at this time.
Justice: Remand to jail is
continued. We need a
sentencing date, not a
Thursday... December 3d..
Then: out in the
hallway of the 13th floor of
100 Centre Street, Manhattan
DA is shaking hands with
family members of the four
deceased, and other LES
residents...
Jump cut to
January 16, when Hyden was up
for sentencing. After victim
impact statements he was
sentenced to 24 years to life.
Afterward down on
frigid Centre Street family
members of the victims stayed
as long as anyone would
interview them, some wearing
T-shirts featuring their dead
loved ones' faces, keeping
memories alive.
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