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Long Island Man Pleads Guilty In Fatal Drunk Driving Crash In Bethpage
A Long Island man has admitted responsibility for a drunk driving crash that killed a woman in Bethpage.
John Cappello, age 31, of Massapequa, pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 27, to multiple charges that include aggravated vehicular assault and manslaughter, Nassau County DA Anne Donnelly said.
Cappello was “highly intoxicated - nearly three times the legal limit” on September 22, 2020, when he drove into oncoming traffic near Stewart and Linden avenues and crashed head-on into another car, Donnelly said.
The driver of the second vehicle, 74-year-old Manuela Brugueras, later died at Saint …
Nassau County Man Charged With DWI, Manslaughter After Crash Killing Woman
A man driving drunk has been charged after a crash resulted in the death of a female motorist.
The crashed occurred in Bethpage on Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 10:35 a.m.
While traveling southbound on Stewart Avenue near the intersection of Linden Avenue, John Cappello, 30, of Massapequa, operating a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero, crossed over into oncoming traffic, Nassau County Police said.
The Montero then collided with a 2019 Nissan Rogue traveling northbound and operated by a 74-year-old woman, according to police.
As a result of the collision, the woman was transported…
