What
to
Know
-
Four
people,
a
father
along
with
his
12-year-old
daughter,
11-year-old
son
and
6-year-old
granddaughter
were
killed
in
a
high-speed
car
crash
on
Sunrise
Highway
in
Massapequa
on
Aug.
6 -
60-year-old
Pat
Huntley
was
out
with
his
children
and
grandchild
celebrating
a
new
job
when
a
speeding
car
slammed
into
the
back
of
his
SUV
as
he
was
stopped
at
a
traffic
light.
His
daughter
Hannah
and
son
Jeremiah
were
killed
in
the
crash -
Michael
DeAngelo
was
arrested
after
police
said
he
was
high
on
cocaine
and
fentanyl
as
he
drove
more
than
120
mph
just
seconds
before
the
crash.
He
braked
a
half-second
before
impact,
hitting
Huntley’s
vehicle
at
an
estimated
speed
of
95
mph,
according
to
prosecutors
A
33-year-old
Long
Island
man
has
pleaded
guilty
to
aggravated
vehicular
homicide
and
other
crimes
in
connection
with
a
120
mph,
drug-fueled
crash
that
killed
a
father
and
three
children
last
summer,
prosecutors
said.
Michael
DeAngelo,
of
Lindenhurst,
also
pleaded
guilty
Wednesday
to
multiple
counts
of
manslaughter,
assault
and
felony
drugged
driving-related
charges
in
the
Aug.
6,
2023
crash
that
killed
60-year-old
Patrice
Huntley
along
with
his
12-year-old
daughter,
11-year-old
son
and
6-year-old
granddaughter
on
Sunrise
Highway
in
Massapequa.
Huntley
was
out
with
his
family,
celebrating
a
new
job,
when
investigators
say
DeAngelo
rear-ended
his
vehicle,
which
was
stopped
at
a
red
light
outside
a
shopping
center.
They
had
been
going
to
get
ice
cream.
The
mother
who
lost
her
children
and
husband
in
a
deadly
car
crash
speaks.
Pei-Sze
Cheng
reports.
DeAngelo
hit
the
brakes
about
a
half-second
before
impact,
plowing
into
them
at
95
mph.
The
high-speed
crash
crushed
his
SUV
like
an
aluminum
can.
Huntley
and
his
daughter
died
at
the
scene.
The
others
died
at
a
hospital.
“It
won’t
change
anything.
My
kids
won’t
return,”
Tasheba
Hamilton,
the
wife
of
Huntley
and
mother
of
two
children
killed,
said
after
the
guilty
plea.
“This
is
a
formality,
what
needs
to
be
done
legally
but
it’s
not
going
to
bring
my
children
back.”
“He
still
has
a
chance
to
get
out
and
go
on
like
nothing
ever
happened,
but
I
can
never
see
my
baby
again,”
said
Divina
Hamilton,
whose
6-year-old
daughter
Chantel
Solomon
died
in
the
crash.
“I
can’t
ever
see
my
baby
again. I
had
to
watch
her
be
hurt
in
the
hospital,
deal
with
all
the
stuff
she
didn’t
deserve,
she
didn’t
ask
for
this.”
Two
teenagers,
both
also
Huntley’s
children,
were
hurt
in
the
crash.
Brienna
Peoples,
18,
had
suffered
“extreme”
internal
injuries
and
was
hospitalized
in
critical
condition
after
the
crash.
There
was
no
immediate
update
on
her
condition
Wednesday.
Huntley’s
14-year-old
son
David
walked
away
from
the
crash
site
before
collapsing
on
the
road.
DeAngelo’s
vehicle
went
airborne.
He
suffered
compound
ankle
fractures
and
other
injuries,
and
his
attorney
said
he
had
undergone
three
or
four
surgeries
as
a
result.
He
has
two
prior
arrests
for
DUI
in
addition
to
the
one
last
year.
“Michael
DeAngelo
is
one
of
the
most
staggeringly
reckless
defendants
I
have
ever
known.
Just
days
before
he
rocketed
his
vehicle
into
Patrice
Huntley
and
his
children
on
Sunrise
Highway,
DeAngelo
was
arrested
for
alleged
possession
of
crack
cocaine
and
separately
ran
from
authorities
after
being
administered
Narcan
for
an
apparent
overdose,”
Nassau
County
District
Attorney
Anne
Donnelly
said
in
a
statement
Wednesday.
“Three
days
after
fleeing
from
officers,
he
got
behind
the
wheel
of
his
car,
high
on
a
dangerous
cocktail
of
fentanyl
and
cocaine,
pushed
the
accelerator
to
120
miles
per
hour,
and
ended
the
lives
of
a
former
Marine
and
three
beautiful
children
on
their
way
to
get
ice
cream.
No
sentence
will
ever
be
enough
to
ease
the
pain
of
this
heartbroken
family,
their
friends,
and
their
community.
How
many
more
hearts
must
break
before
people
learn
that
drugged
driving
destroys
lives?”
DeAngelo
is
expected
to
be
sentenced
to
seven
to
21
years
in
prison
at
his
next
court
appearance
in
June.
Prosecutors
sought
a
maximum
sentence
of
8
1/3
to
25
years.
His
attorney
said
Wednesday
his
client
has
taken
responsibility
for
his
actions
and
is
remorseful.
He
said
DeAngelo
had
suffered
a
drug
induced
seizure
just
before
the
crash,
though
Donnelly
said
there
was
no
evidence
of
that.
Hamilton
said
the
potential
sentencing
is
not
enough
for
the
family
that
had
been
destroyed.
“I
will
never
see
my
son
get
married,
my
daughter. All
our
lives
have
been
shifted
by
this
and
the
laws
need
to
change,”
the
grieving
mother
said.
A
horrific
crash
on
a
Long
Island
highway
left
three
people
dead
and
five
others
hurt
after
police
said
a
vehicle
was
speeding
when
it
struck
several
other
cars.
NBC
New
York’s
Pei-Sze
Cheng
reports.