Limo company operator sentenced for deadly crash that killed 20 in New York.

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Limo company operator sentenced for deadly crash that killed 20 in New York.
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Nauman Hussain, the former operator of Prestige Limousine, was sentenced to at least five years in prison for manslaughter in a 2018 limo crash that killed 20 people in Schoharie, New York. The limo's brakes failed to slow it on a hill, causing it to crash. The National Transportation Safety Board blamed the limo company's "egregious disregard for safety" and poor oversight by the state Transportation Department. The tragedy led to changes in New York's laws regarding commercial vehicle safety.

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