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Nov. 24, 2014 By Christian Murray
A Jackson Height’s man who drove into five people while they were sitting in a bus shelter on Northern Boulevard (by 48th Street) in February was sentenced last week to two years in prison on charges related to leaving the scene of the accident, according to the Queens District Attorney’s office.
Luis Andrade, 32, was sentenced to two years after taking a plea deal in October when he admitted his guilt to assault in the first degree. However, in taking the plea other charges such as “leaving the scene of an incident without reporting serious physical injury” were dropped.
Andrade, who was an unlicensed driver according to the criminal complaint, struck five people—including an 8-year-old girl—at around 7:30 pm on Saturday, February 1. He destroyed the bus shelter and left the 8-year-old girl with a fractured skull and a woman with a broken femur and tibia. The others were taken to area hospitals with minor injuries.
Andrade then fled the scene and ditched his white 2003 Mazda outside 37-59 61st Street. The police found the vehicle with a shattered windshield and partially torn-off bumper..
Andrade was also sentenced to a year and a half of post-release supervision, according to the district attorney’s office.
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8 Comments
cant he be deported? seriously, he is a danger to society.
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What’s crazy is that if he was drunk and left the scene there’s no way of proving a DWI. He got off easy.
Nice going Luis, you’re a credit to society.
20 years it should of been.
castration, no brainer
And financially
Driving w/o a license should mean automatic jail time. No plea. Victims get screwed emotionally and physically.