Crime & Safety
7 Years In Prison For Sunrise Highway DWI Crash: Prosecutors
The passenger was left paralyzed from the collision, the Nassau County D.A. said.
MINEOLA, NY — A man was sentenced on Tuesday for a 2020 crash on Sunrise Highway near the Wantagh Parkway.
Lumumba Woods, 50, of Manhattan, received the maximum sentence of seven years in prison for a DWI collision that left a woman paralyzed, said Anne Donnelly, the Nassau County district attorney.
On the night of Dec. 18, 2020, Woods sped past a vehicle, struck the center median and his vehicle rolled over several times, Donnelly said.
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The car came to rest upright on the shoulder of Sunrise Highway in Wantagh.
The passenger was thrown from the vehicle and was unable to speak or move. Woods submitted to a breath test and had a .12 blood alcohol content.
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"The defendant was indifferent to his passenger’s safety and every person on the road with him that night," Donnelly said. "Today’s sentence proves once again that my office will aggressively prosecute vehicular crimes and protect our roadways from dangerous individuals."
Woods was convicted last month on second-degree assault, second-degree vehicular assault and two counts of driving while intoxicated.
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