Last Updated on 10/09/2024 by Arun jain
In which the driver is accused A fatal wrong-way collision Hutchinson was drunk and on his phone at the time of the crash on River Parkway in Westchester County, according to a criminal complaint.
Jose Ramon Espinal, 48, was arraigned Monday in Rye Town Court on charges of second-degree manslaughter and driving while intoxicated in Sunday morning’s fatal crash.
Aspinall, of Bridgeport, allegedly hit and killed a motorcyclist while driving in the wrong lane in Rye Brook.
The victim’s motorcycle burst into flames on impact. He was declared dead at the scene.
Aspinall, who was also injured, was removed from his car and taken to Westchester Medical Center. He was released on Sunday evening.
A wrong-way driver entered the courtroom Monday, escorted by Westchester County police officers. He was in tears at the defense table and did not look back once as the victim’s relatives watched him from the gallery.
Police are still awaiting a positive identification of the victim from the county medical examiner. His name in the complaint is William Saleby.
Aspinall’s legal aid attorney Sidney Stanley entered a not guilty plea for him to the misdemeanor DWI charge.
Juan Reyes, Espinal’s friend and colleague who arrived late in support of his colleague, said Holon Nor was he surprised to learn that Aspinall wept at his court appearance.
“He’s a very nice guy; Hard worker,” Reyes said. “It’s horrible what happened.”
Aspinall and Reyes both work at the New York Athletic Club in midtown Manhattan.
Reyes said he left work Saturday afternoon, but Aspinal was scheduled until 10:30 p.m. Reyes wasn’t sure what Aspinal did after leaving work that night, or what happened to the crash a few hours later.
Sunday’s botched collision was just the latest in the past few weeks in the New York metropolitan area.
On Sept. 5, a Long Island mother was charged with her severe beating 57th license suspension for a wrong-way collision that killed his 9-year-old daughter in late August.
On August 24, two men were murdered in Harlem The pickup truck came down the barrel from the wrong side of the highway.
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