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 Julio Acevedo, 46, was convicted over the collision that killed
Raizy and Nachman Glauber, 21, and their premature infant, the
Brooklyn District Attorney's Office said in a statement.
The victims were members of an Orthodox Jewish enclave in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn and were on the way to the hospital in Mar.
2013 when their taxi was hit broadside by a gray BMW sedan, police
said. The BMW driver fled the scene on foot.
The baby was delivered by Cesarean section at Bellevue Hospital,
where the mother had been pronounced dead on arrival, but died the
following day, officials said.
Acevedo was convicted in February of two counts of second-degree
manslaughter, one count of criminally negligent homicide and two
counts of leaving the scene, the district attorney's office said.
He received an enhanced sentence because he was deemed a "persistent
felony offender," the statement said.
Family friends said the child's birth was a ray of hope that was
extinguished when he died of his injuries. They said Raizy Glauber
was about six months pregnant and wanted to go to the hospital
because she was feeling unwell.
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Police launched a manhunt for Acevedo, whom a witness picked out of
a photo lineup. Acevedo later surrendered to New York City
detectives in the parking lot of a convenience store in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Paul Tait)
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