Three members of a British family, including a 16-year-old minor, were arrested and now face charges after a fight broke out in the middle of a highway in Long Island (NY), a brawl that also closed the busy road for several hours in the middle. of the day.
The fight broke out on Wednesday after two trucks collide on Sunrise Highway in North Lindenhurstleaving one of the vehicles overturned on its side, summarized NBC Newswhich also published a video of the brawl.
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Three family members, including a 16-year-old, are facing charges after a brawl erupted in the middle of a Long Island highway, shutting down the busy thoroughfare for hours in the middle of the dayhttps://t.co/SS3gsrNltx
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According to prosecutors Suffolk county, Teenager James O’Connor (19) crashed his Toyota Tundra into another vehicle, which flipped on its side upon impact. O’Connor was driving with his 12- and 4-year-old brothers in the truck at the time, and the youngest of them was not in an age-appropriate safety seat.
Furious, according to O’Connor He got out of his truck and repeatedly hit a man who was in the other vehicle with a wooden object., a GMC Sierra. It didn’t take long for others to join the fight, including his father and brother – both named Patrick O’Connor, aged 38 and 16 – who appeared shortly after.
All three members of the O’Connor clan now face assault charges. Those prosecuted are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
Driver O’Connor broke his hand in the chaos. In addition to the assault charges, he was also charged with leaving the scene of an accident and recklessly endangering the welfare of a minor.
The O’Connor family is originally from the United Kingdom and one of those involved had only been in New York for two weeks. They all had to give up their British passports as part of their bail conditions.
The reason for the original crash is unclear. The authorities remember that there is zero tolerance for drivers who drive at excess speed and/or under the influence of alcohol and drugs..
The Governor Kathy Hochul signed last week the “Angelic Law”, intended to keep drivers with prior suspensions off the road by charging repeat offenders who operate vehicles after committing five or more traffic violations that resulted in prior suspensions or revocations as a felony.
Road violence has become a constant in New York. In October, a 50-year-old Hispanic man was fatally run over in Queens (NYC) in the midst of a violent attack of rage. Just a day earlier, an immigrant grandfather was beaten to death after a minor crash also in that county.
In September, an aspiring model teacher died days after being shot in the head outside the Home Depot in Brooklyn, NY, in an apparent fight over a parking spot. In August, Fausto Rodríguez, a 40-year-old Dominican father, was shot and killed when a crash turned violent on the Cross Bronx Expressway, leaving four children orphaned.
In June Javier Muñoz (29) and Joshua Rivera (22) were arrested by the police as suspects of having killed Jeremy Cancel (34) in a street fight following a minor collision between cars, at the close of Puerto Rico Day in NY.
2023-12-22 20:19:53
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