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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 …
