Man Who Fled To India Sentenced After Fatal, High-Speed Hicksville Crash: NCDA

HICKSVILLE, NY — An Indian citizen who fled to India after a fatal Hicksville crash in 2005 has been sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, the Nassau County District Attorney's Office said.

Ganesh Shenoy was extradited in September 2025 to face manslaughter charges for a fatal high-speed crash on Old Country Road after 44-year-old Philip Mastropolo died after the crash.

Shenoy, 54, was sentenced to 3-1/3 to 10 years in prison, on Friday, March 6, the DA's office said. He pleaded guilty before Judge Helene Gugerty on Feb. 6 to second-degree manslaughter, the DA's office said.

On April 11, 2005, at approximately 6 a.m., Shenoy drove through a red light at the intersection of Levittown Parkway and Old Country Road at a high rate of speed, crashing into a Cadillac driven by 44-year-old Mastropolo, who was heading to work, the DA's office said.

The DA's office said it was estimated that Shenoy was driving double the speed limit at the time of the crash. The force of the crash "demolished" Mastropolo's car and sent it skidding, the DA's office said. The car skidded 65 feet into the front of a Freightliner box truck, which was stopped at the red light on the other side of the intersection, the DA's office said.

Mastropolo was pronounced dead at the scene, the DA's office said. Shenoy was taken to a local hospital, but refused medical attention and left the hospital, the DA's office said.

The DA's office said two weeks after the crash, on April 25, Shenoy boarded a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport to Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India, despite having both his NYS Driver's License and Indian Passport seized by police.

An indictment was returned on Aug. 8, 2005, and Shenoy was charged with second-degree manslaughter, the DA's office said. Shenoy never returned to the U.S. – an arrest warrant and an Interpol Red Notice were subsequently issued, the DA's office said. The U.S. Marshals Service took Shenoy into custody and extradited him to the U.S. on Sep. 25, 2025, the DA's office said. The DA's office said this was the first extradition of a person from India to the U.S. since 2017.

"For two decades, Philip Mastropolo’s wife and children have carried the weight of his loss and the burden of knowing this cowardly defendant hid half a world away. They waited for accountability and for the day when Ganesh Shenoy was finally brought to justice. Today was that day," said DA Donnelly. "When this defendant fled to India in the aftermath of the destruction he caused, he tried to outrun the law and responsibility. But justice does not have borders or an expiration date."

The DA's office said the case was prosecuted by Bureau Chief Michael Bushwack and Assistant District Attorney James Taglienti, and Shenoy is represented by George Michel, Esq.