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Two Dead In JFK Drunk Driving Crash
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Jaya Saxena
Published May 15, 2010
Modified May 15, 2010
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Published May 15, 2010
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Driver Itwaru Deo was arrested around 1 a.m. after leaving the scene of a crash that left two passengers dead. Deo, who blew a .132 on his breathalyzer test, swerved around a car stopped at a red light the exit ramp for the Van Wyck Expressway at JFK airport, flipping the car over and hitting a tree. Victim Adrian Persuad's mother told the Post, "Drunk driving is not acceptable, he needs to be punished he needs to go to jail." Police found a bottle of Hennessy cognac in the front seat of the 2005 Volkswagen Passat, and will likely be charged with fleeing the scene of an accident, drunk driving, and possibly vehicular manslaughter or murder.
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