A Roslyn man was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for a wrong-way crash in Jericho last May that killed two 14-year-olds and injured two other teenagers.
On May 3, 2023, at approximately 10:19 p.m., Amandeep Singh was driving a 2021 Dodge Ram TRX at 95 miles per hour, crossed into oncoming traffic, and continued south in the northbound lanes while intoxicated and high on cocaine. He then crashed his vehicle into an oncoming Alfa Romeo that contained four teenage passengers.
An analysis of the event data recorder in Singh’s vehicle indicated that he was driving 75 miles per hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone at impact. Due to the force of the crash, 14-year-olds Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz, who were seated in the right side of the Alfa Romeo, were killed instantly. The deceased teenagers attended Roslyn Middle School and were members of the Roslyn High School tennis team.
The two other teenage occupants of the vehicle were taken to the hospital with several injuries, including a concussion, a leg injury, and shards of glass that needed to be removed from one of the victim’s eyes.
The teens had been out celebrating an earlier tennis match victory over a rival area high school at a local restaurant before the crash.
Singh fled the crash scene and was apprehended nearby by members of the Nassau County Police Department. He was found hiding near a dumpster in the parking lot of a shopping center in close proximity to the collision. The defendant was arrested by members of the Nassau County Police Department at the scene.
A search warrant for Singh’s blood revealed he had a blood alcohol content of .15% approximately four hours after the crash and revealed the presence of cocaine.
Singh, 36, pleaded guilty on January 3, 2025, before Judge Helene Gugerty to Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (a Class B felony), two counts of Manslaughter in the Second Degree (a Class C felony), two counts of Assault in the Second Degree and one count of Leaving the Scene of an Incident without Reporting as a Felony (all Class D felonies), two counts of Assault in the Third Degree (an A misdemeanor), one count of Driving While Ability Impaired by Combined Influence of Alcohol and a Drug and one count of Driving While Intoxicated (both unclassified misdemeanors).
Singh was sentenced on February 7 to 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison.
“The lives of every driver on North Broadway that night were meaningless to Amandeep Singh, as he sped, high on cocaine and drunk on alcohol, until he crossed over traffic and crashed into a car full of teenage boys. Ethan Falkowtiz and Drew Hassenbein will never grow up, graduate from high school, or go to college because of this selfish and callous defendant. Now that his sentence has been handed down, all that awaits Amandeep Singh are the four walls of a prison cell,” said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly. “We need legislation that ensures drivers like Singh who make these disastrous choices face consequences that reflect the true devastation they cause and adequately hold them accountable. I will continue to urge our New York State lawmakers to work with my office and the families of victims like Ethan and Drew to impose tougher penalties for those who drive under the influence and take precious lives.”