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And this isn't his first fatality behind the wheel.
On Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020, Shaquan Wiley was drunk, driving 84 mph down 15h Avenue when he lost control while crossing Bergen Street and crashed into a tree, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore Stephens II said.
Two of his passengers, 17-year-old Tahtiyanah Green and 21-year-old Imani Exum were killed instantly in the crash, Stephens said. Two other passengers, Michael Kirk, 37, and Shikeyah Hamlin, 21, sustained life-threatening injuries, Stephens said.
According to a witness, all the passengers of the car were yelling at Wiley to slow down as he sped down 15th Avenue, Stephen said. Wiley himself nearly died in the crash and had to be extricated from the driver’s seat following the collision, Stephens said.
Wiley has six prior felony convictions, including a 2005 conviction for vehicular manslaughter, for which he served a prison sentence after killing a teenage pedestrian in 2003, Stephens said.
Wiley is scheduled for sentencing before Judge Wigler in April. He could face a sentence of up to life in prison.
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