Amandeep Singh was sentenced to 25 years in prison for a May 3 crash that killed two middle school tennis players, Ethan Falkowitz and Drew Hassenbein. Singh pleaded guilty to driving drunk and high, crashing into a car carrying the teens and two teammates at 90 miles per hour. Family members of the victims condemned Singh as a murderer and spoke about their pain and heartbreak.
A convicted drunk driver was sentenced to decades in prison for hitting and killing two middle school tennis stars on Long Island last spring.
Singh had pleaded guilty last month to driving drunk and high, and crashing pickup truck at 90 miles an hour into a car carrying the two high school tennis players and two of their teammates." future was limitless. And now we're left with no recourse, no justice. Just a lifetime of pain, heartache and utter disbelief," said Gary Falkowitz.
After the crash, police body cameras captured Singh lying about his involvement; he had run from the crash scene and was found hiding behind a dumpster. "His eyes were down, he was crying. You know, this is just an unspeakable tragedy," James Kousouros, Singh's attorney, said.
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