A New Hyde Park man pleaded guilty Wednesday, Oct. 26 to aggravated vehicular homicide in a drunk driving incident that killed one and injured three others during a 2021 car accident in East Farmingdale.
Steven Sharma, 24, was driving on a Route 109 exit ramp on the night of Sept. 19, 2021, when he lost control and crashed into a median on Route 110, according to police.
Brandon Nazirbage, 22, of Floral Park, was killed in the crash after the 2018 BMW blew through a stop sign at 76 mph on the exit ramp, prosecutors said. The three other passengers with Nazirbage were taken to a hospital at the time of the accident, including one man with broken legs, according to police.
The blood sample Sharma provided while being treated returned with a blood alcohol concentration of .22% while also testing positive for THC, police said.
Sharma has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter of the second degree and two counts of assault and aggravated driving while intoxicated.