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JERICHO, N.Y. — A New York man admitted in court Friday to causing a deadly wrong-way crash while under the influence of alcohol and drugs, killing two 14-year-old boys and injuring several others in May 2023.

Amandeep Singh, 36, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated in connection with the crash that claimed the lives of Drew Hassenbein and Ethan Falkowitz, two Long Island high school tennis players.

Prosecutors said Singh had been drinking scotch and tequila and using cocaine at local bars before getting behind the wheel of his Dodge Ram pickup truck. He then drove south in the northbound lanes of North Broadway at high speed, slamming into a 2019 Alfa Romeo carrying the teens and two other boys, who were returning home from a tennis team celebration. Drew and Ethan were killed instantly, while the other two passengers were hospitalized but later recovered.

Singh’s vehicle also struck a second car, injuring two additional individuals who were treated at the scene and released. Singh was later found hiding near a dumpster in a nearby parking lot and was arrested after being taken to a hospital for a head injury.

Body camera footage captured Singh admitting to officers, “So what if I [expletive] drink and drive … maybe I did.” Tests revealed his blood alcohol level was 0.18, more than twice the legal limit.

Singh is scheduled for sentencing in January 2025 and faces significant prison time for the fatal crash that devastated the Jericho community.

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