Overview
- Manhattan Supreme Court sentenced Sahara Dula, 25, to two years in prison with three years of probation.
- She pleaded guilty in June to second-degree assault for striking Officer Ruchiran Dias in a Jan. 17, 2024 wrong-way crash on Park Avenue.
- Court records say she admitted smoking marijuana and said she hit him "on purpose," and prosecutors said she drove about 10 blocks the wrong way.
- Body-worn camera video shows the Lexus accelerating into Dias and launching him onto the hood; he was hospitalized with a broken leg.
- PBA President Patrick Hendry condemned the punishment as too light, while Dula’s lawyer cited bipolar treatment and alleged officers kicked her after she was subdued.