A person will spend years behind bars after drunkenly crashing his automotive on the Gowanus Expressway and killing the passenger sitting within the entrance seat.
Mark Dookhan, a 32-year-old Staten Island resident, was sentenced to 2 to six years in jail by Brooklyn Supreme Courtroom Justice Jane Tully after he pled responsible to second-degree manslaughter in December.
In keeping with prosecutors, Dookhan was driving on the Gowanus Expressway at round 75 miles per hour in March 2021, when he smashed the automobile into the again of a tractor trailer stopped in visitors close to the doorway to the Verrazano Bridge.
The District Lawyer’s workplace stated that he had solely begun urgent on the automotive’s brakes lower than one second earlier than his automotive collided with the truck.
Whereas Dookhan survived the incident, 30-year-old Kareen Diaz, who was sitting within the passenger seat of the BMW Sudan, died because of the crash.
Dookhan suffered solely minor accidents, and paramedics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn — however not earlier than investigators carried out a breathalyzer take a look at, which registered a blood alcohol degree of 0.12. The authorized restrict is 0.08.
The defendant pled responsible to second-degree manslaughter in December 2022.
After the sentence was handed down, District Lawyer Eric Gonzalez referred to as Dookhan’s actions “reckless” and blasted his resolution to drive whereas drunk.
“This defendant’s reckless decision to get behind the wheel after drinking alcohol cost an innocent woman her life and endangered many others,” Gonzalez stated in an announcement. “He has now been held accountable for his criminal conduct. I remain committed to keeping Brooklyn’s streets safe for all people.”
Round 17,000 people die from drunk driving-related incidents annually.