Drunk Driver Sentenced To Prison After Fatal Tribeca Hit-And-Run: Prosecutors

TRIBECA, NY — A Newark man was sentenced to serve at least one year in prison on Wednesday after a fatal 2016 crash, prosecutors said.

Samuel Silva was sentenced to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison for hitting and killing a woman in 2016, the Manhattan district attorney's office said. Silva pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and other charges in January.

The deadly incident killed a 30-year-old bicyclist, who was riding in Tribeca on the evening of June 11, 2016. Silva, who had been drinking, hit the cyclist in his pickup truck and continued westbound after striking her, prosecutors said.

"Fleeing the scene of a crash is not only illegal; it’s an act of cowardice," said Manhattan district attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement. "Samuel Silva’s negligence killed a woman—a newlywed and a triathlete— in the prime of her life, and gravely endangered countless other drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists."

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