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Nylah Frazier, age 20, of West Hempstead, entered her plea for the 2021 crash on Thursday, Feb. 8, according to the Nassau County District Attorney.
At around 1 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, Frazier was driving her BMW X3 north on Westminster Road in West Hempstead with two passengers: Amanda Arguinzoni, age 17, and Kurtis Caesar, age 19.
The DA said Frazier was going more than 100 miles per hour when she ran a red light, running into the back of a parked dump truck and flipping her car, ejecting the two teens.
Arguinzoni and Caesar were killed instantly.
Arguinzoni was a senior at West Hempstead High School at the time of her death; Caesar had recently graduated from Cambria Heights Academy in Queens and worked at FedEx.
“Amanda Arguinzoni and Kurtis Caesar had their entire lives in front of them and lost those lives in an instant due to the selfish and reckless actions of Nylah Frazier,” said DA Anne T. Donnelly.
“It is a miracle that no one else lost their lives that evening.”
Frazier pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault, both felonies.
At her sentencing on Wednesday, May 22, she is expected to receive three to nine years in prison.
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