Overview
- Daniel Hyden, 46, was sentenced in Manhattan after a November nonjury conviction that included four counts of second-degree murder and aggravated vehicular homicide.
- Evidence showed he was intoxicated, sped through a stop sign and a construction zone, mounted a sidewalk at up to 54 mph, and hit the brakes only half a second before impact.
- Four people were killed — Lucille Pinkney, 59; her son, Herman Pinkney, 38; Ana Morel, 43; and Emily Ruiz, 30, who died five days later — and seven others were injured.
- After the truck stopped, Hyden tried to reverse and leave the scene until witnesses removed the key from the ignition.
- Prosecutors detailed that less than an hour before the crash he was refused entry to a party boat and encountered police who did not arrest him, as survivors described ongoing trauma despite the sentence.