"The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined that on the night of Wednesday, June 11, Sassone was behind the wheel of a 2017 Chevy Tahoe SUV traveling eastbound on Northern Boulevard toward the Cross Island Parkway just after 10 p.m. when he struck Wexler, who was crossing north to south at 217th Street. He sustained head and body trauma and was transported by EMS to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, where he was pronounced dead."
"According to the indictment, Sassone was speeding along Northern Boulevard while impaired by the consumption of alcohol when he struck and killed Wexler. Sassone was arraigned before Queens Supreme Court Justice Michael Hatyofilis and released on his own recognizance and ordered to surrender his license, which was already suspended. Justice Hartofilis ordered Sassone to return to court on Jan. 29."
"When he appeared at Queens Criminal Court on that date, he was rearrested and booked once again at the 111th Precinct in Bayside on a slew of new charges including criminally negligent homicide, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, failure to exercise due care, and driving in excess of the maximum speed limit."
A Queens grand jury returned an indictment charging Salvatore Sassone in a June fatal collision in Bayside that killed 74-year-old Eric Wexler. Sassone was initially arrested before Thanksgiving on a driving-without-a-license charge and given a desk appearance ticket for Dec. 11, when he was rearrested and booked on additional charges including criminally negligent homicide, driving while intoxicated, failure to exercise due care, and speeding. The NYPD collision squad determined the June 11 crash occurred after 10 p.m. when a 2017 Chevy Tahoe struck Wexler as he crossed Northern Boulevard. Sassone was arraigned, released on his own recognizance, ordered to surrender his suspended license, and to return to court on Jan. 29.
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