Alleged drunk driver indicted in crash that killed Roslyn teens

BY CAMERYN OAKES

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A Nassau County grand jury indicted a driver suspected of being drunk who was already charged with the deaths of two Roslyn teens in a wrong-way car crash in Jericho May 3, according to court records.

Amandeep Sing, 34, was accused by the Nassau District Attorney’s Ofce of driving on the wrong side of the road at 95 mph with a blood alcohol count of 0.15 and cocaine in his system, based on the records cited by Newsday. He faces a series of charges in the vehicular crash that resulted and killed young tennis starDrew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz. Two others were injured.

Roslyn High School students Zach Sheena and Ethan Solop, riding in the car with the two middle-schoolers, were also hospitalized with internal injuries but were in stable condition following the accident.

Singh was charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated vehicular homicide, frst-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, leaving the scene of an auto accident with a fatality, driving while intoxicated and two counts of second-degree assault.

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His 15-count indictment includes additional charges of operating a motor vehicle while impaired by drugs, reckless driving and additional manslaughter and assault charges, according to court records.

The indictment occurred after Singh appeared at a Brooklyn appeals court June 2 where his attorney, James Kousouros, pressed for his client to be released on a bond. He was denied.

Singh is set to appear in court again June 26 to be arraigned.

Police reported that the four boys were in a 2019 Alpha Romero sedan driving on

North Broadway on May 3. At 10:21 p.m. they were struck by Singh’s 2019 Dodge Ram driving south in the northbound lanes.

As a result of the collision, the Alpha Romero then hit a 2023 Volvo occupied by a driver, 49, and a passenger, 16. Both were treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to police.

Nassau County Assistant DA Michel Bushwack, chief of the Nassau District Attorney Ofce’s Vehicular Crimes Bureau, said a black box inside of Singh’s truck registered the vehicle traveling at 95 mph fve seconds before the crash.

Bushwack also told the Appellate Division’s Second Judicial Department that Singh attempted to fee the scene of the crash.

Singh was held without bail by District Judge Anthony Paradiso at the Nassau County Courthouse May 8.

Singh’s criminal history includes driving while intoxicated and a youthful offender conviction for gang assault.

Drew Hassenbein was at one point the No. 1-ranked tennis player in the nation for the Boys 12 and Under division. He was already being scouted by nationally acclaimed college tennis programs despite only being in eighth grade, according to reports.

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