Limo service operator in 2018 crash that killed 20 people blames repair shop before jury gets case
CBSN
A criminal trial stemming from one of the deadliest U.S. road wrecks of the past two decades went to a jury Tuesday. Nauman Hussain, who ran Prestige Limousine, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 20 people in the 2018 wreck of a stretch SUV limousine in upstate New York.
Jurors are being asked to decide whether Hussain is guilty of one of the charges. During closing statements before deliberations began, his lawyer argued Hussain tried his best to repair and maintain the stretch limo.
Prosecutors say the brakes failed to stop the heavy vehicle as it hurtled down a hill, went off the road, and hit a parked car and trees before stopping in a streambed in Schoharie, a village west of Albany.
