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Judge nixes no-prison deal in 2018 limo crash that killed 20

Nauman Hussain, right, waits with his attorneys during a proceeding in Schoharie County court Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Schoharie, N.Y. A judge rejected a plea agreement that would have meant no prison time for Hussain, the operator of a limousine company involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York, drawing applause and tears from victims’ relatives who packed the court. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) Lee Kindlon, left, attorney for Nauman Hussain, right, listens as Judge Peter Lynch, rejects a plea agreement for Hussain to avoid prison time during a proceeding in Schoharie County court Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Schoharie, N.Y. Hussain, who operated Prestige Limousine, had been charged with 20 counts each of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in what was the deadliest U.S. transportation disaster in a decade. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) Lee Kindlon, attorney for Nauman Hussain, left, and Nauman Hussain, who ran the limo company involved in the 2018 crash in Schoharie that killed 20 people, listens to a victim impact statement during a proceeding in Schoharie County court on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in Schoharie, N.Y. FILE -- Recovery crews remove debris from the scene of a fatal crash, Oct. 7, 2018, where a limousine crashed into a parked and unoccupied SUV killing 20 people at an intersection a day earlier, in Schoharie, N.Y. On Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, a judge rejected a plea agreement that would have meant no prison time for the operator of the limousine company involved the crash, drawing applause and tears from victims' relatives who packed the court. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File) FILE - Debris scatters at the site of a fatal limousine crash that killed 20 people, in Schoharie, N.Y. , Oct. 7, 2018. On Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, a judge rejected a plea agreement that would have meant no prison time for the operator of the limousine company involved the crash, drawing applause and tears from victims' relatives who packed the court. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)