Sinanovic
WHITE PLAINS – A Bronx man, who caused a tragic accident on the
Taconic State Parkway in Yorktown that killed a family of three in another
car and his two-year-old child, pled guilty in Westchester County Court
to four counts of criminally negligent homicide. Nerim Sinanovic faces
the maximum sentence allowable under the law of 1 1/3 to four years in
state prison.
Sinanovic, 37, was driving his BMW SUV northbound on the Taconic in Yorktown
in the afternoon of August 15, 2015. His wife was in the front passenger
seat and their two young daughters were in the rear seats.
In court on Friday, Sinanovic said he took his hands off the steering
wheel, turned toward the back seat and steered with his knees. That caused
the vehicle to veer to the right. His wife grabbed the wheel and the vehicle
swerved left, continuing up and over the dividing center median between
the north and south lanes.
The vehicle became airborne and crashed into a Toyota Camry that was traveling
southbound. There were three people in that car, two of whom sustained
massive injuries and died within hours. A third person died one month
later in the hospital.
Sinanovic’s two-year-old daughter was ejected from his vehicle and
pronounced dead at the scene.
Two other vehicles were also struck. Those occupants sustained non-life
threatening injuries.
Sinanovic pled guilty to four counts of criminally negligent homicide,
one count of reckless driving and one count of driving a vehicle at speed
greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions.
