Prison Term In Fatal Accident

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas announced last Friday that a New Hyde Park man, who pleaded guilty to all 14 indictment charges related to a fatal crash in August 2014, which killed a 55-year old man and injured the motorist’s wife and six-year old daughter, was sentenced to four years in prison.
Deepak Kumar pleaded guilty on Jan. 19 before Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald to charges of:
• Aggravated vehicular homicide
• Manslaughter in the second-degree
• Aggravated vehicular assault
• Vehicular manslaughter in the second-degree
• Two counts of assault in the second-degree
• Vehicular assault in the second-degree
• Two counts of assault in the third-degree
• Reckless endangerment in the second-degree
• Driving while ability impaired by the combined influence of drugs and alcohol
• Driving while ability impaired-drugs
• Reckless driving
• Driving a motor vehicle without a proper license
McDonald sentenced the defendant to a total of four years in prison. The district attorney’s office recommended a sentence of six years in prison on one charge to run concurrent to a period of three to nine years in prison on another charge. Singas said that on Aug. 19, 2014, at approximately 11:30 p.m., the defendant was operating a 2003 Toyota Camry at a high rate of speed when he ran a stop sign on Second Avenue and struck a 2012 Ford Fusion traveling southbound on Covert Avenue in New Hyde Park. Kumar, Singas said, had been drinking and smoking marijuana at the LIRR in New Hyde Park prior to the crash.
As a result of the crash, Sir Pierre Antoine suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife, Marta Shawl-Antoine, and 6-year-old daughter, Soliana, suffered injuries and were transported to a hospital for treatment.
The family was in town from California visiting relatives and were returning to a family member’s house from the hospital when the crash occurred.
Kumar was arrested later that night by the Nassau County Police Department.