Long Island man sentenced up to 12 years in Brooklyn hit-and-run spree
A Long Island man has been sentenced in a case of vehicular manslaughter that left a 9-year-old child dead and two others injured, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle has learned. It has been reported that the driver was fleeing police at the time of the accident and had been the cause of two other car collisions prior to the deadly accident.
In April, the defendant, Kenneth Palache, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter and two counts of second-degree assault for causing the death of a 9-year-old girl after rear-ending the van she was riding in and injuring two other passengers.
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Foley presided over last week’s sentence proceeding. Palache received four to 12 years on the manslaughter count and two years for each assault. Foley ordered the sentences to run concurrent.