Schoharie Limo Crash Station Operator Moved to Attica Prison | News

In early September, Hussain’s attorney, Steven Sharp, appeared before the Third Judicial Division of the state Supreme Court to appeal his client’s conviction. A court decision is expected to be made in November.

Hussain was convicted of 20 counts of involuntary manslaughter in a two-week trial two years ago and sentenced to five to 15 years in prison. The sentencing centers on his role in allowing a stretched 2001 Ford Excursion SUV to drive onto the road in a dangerous condition in 2018 to drive a group attending a 30th birthday party at a Cooperstown brewery was on the way.

After the brakes failed that day, the vehicle careened down a hill in Schoharie and into the parking lot of the Apple Barrel Country Store. All 17 passengers and the limousine driver died on impact. Two passers-by who were visiting the store were killed by the vehicle traveling at over 100 miles per hour.

The trial continued after state Supreme Court Justice Peter Lynch ruled to throw out Hussain’s previously negotiated plea agreement that he would not serve any time in prison.