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Nassau County Man Sentenced For Fatal Ambulette Crash Nassau County Man Sentenced For Fatal Ambulette Crash
Nassau County Man Sentenced For Fatal Ambulette Crash A Long Island man has been sentenced to six to 12 years in prison for driving drunk and crashing into an ambulette in 2019, killing the patient inside, a retired NYPD detective. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said on Tuesday, Jan. 19, that Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia, age 29, of Locust Valley, was sentenced after pleading guilty on Wednesday, Nov. 4, to aggravated vehicular homicide, assault, and aggravated driving while intoxicated. “Drunk drivers kill innocent people. The Motherway family has lost two members in two separate crashes 10 years apart because of DWI drivers …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Nassau Admits To Aggravated Vehicular Homicide For Fatal Ambulette Crash Nassau Admits To Aggravated Vehicular Homicide For Fatal Ambulette Crash
Nassau Admits To Aggravated Vehicular Homicide For Fatal Ambulette Crash A Long Island man admitted to driving drunk and crashing into an ambulate, killing a retired NYPD detective who was inside being treated. Locus Valley resident Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and other charges for his role in the fatal crash in Glen Cove last year. On Sept. 1 last year, Gutierrez-Garcia was driving his Cadillac east on Forest Avenue in Glen Cove when he struck a private ambulette driving south on Walnut Avenue, causing the ambulette to overturn. Gutierrez-Garcia did not sustain any injuries, though his passenger suffered non-life-thr…

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by Zak Failla
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Long Island Man Arraigned On Vehicular Homicide Charges Long Island Man Arraigned On Vehicular Homicide Charges
Long Island Man Arraigned On Vehicular Homicide Charges A Long Island man is facing a host of charges for allegedly driving drunk, crashing into an ambulette last year, killing the patient inside, a former NYPD detective. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced that Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia, 28, of Locust Valley, has been arraigned on aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter and other charges for his role in the fatal crash in September last year. Specifically, Gutierrez-Garcia was charged with: Two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide; Manslaughter; Two counts of vehicular manslaughter; Two counts of aggravated vehicul…

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by Zak Failla
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Nassau PD: Patient Dies After Drunk Driver Cadillac Into Ambulette Nassau PD: Patient Dies After Drunk Driver Cadillac Into Ambulette
Nassau PD: Patient Dies After Drunk Driver Cadillac Into Ambulette A patient being transported by an ambulette was killed after the vehicle was hit by a Cadillac driven by a drunk driver on Long Island, police say. The crash happened on Sunday, Sept. 1  at 11:45 p.m. in Glen Cove. An ambulette was traveling southbound on Walnut Road with its lights and sirens on, transporting a male patient for difficulty breathing, Nassau County Police said.  A 1997 Cadillac STS, operated by Alvaro Gutierrez-Garcia, 27, of Locust Valley, was traveling eastbound on Forest Avenue and struck the ambulette at the intersection of Walnut Road, causing the ambule…

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by Joe Lombardi