Nauman Hussain, who is the son of the limo company’s owner, was convicted in a jury trial of manslaughter in the second degree for each person who died – the driver, all 17 passengers and two pedestrians – in the crash in Schoharie, New York. Police previously described Hussain as an “operator” for the company, Prestige Limousine Chauffeur Service.
The report concluded that the probable cause of the crash was “Prestige Limousine and Chauffeur Service’s egregious disregard for safety, in dispatching a stretch limousine with an out-of-service order for a passenger charter trip, resulting in the failure of its brake system.” During the trial, the defense argued that Hussain had paid a company to fix issues in the vehicle, but that the company didn’t complete the work, according to CNN affiliate Spectrum News Albany.