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Firefighter Charged With Manslaughter in Crash

By BOB HENNELLY
Posted 7/26/21

A city Firefighter faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted on multiple charges related to a June 30, 2020 motor vehicle crash that killed a motorist in Jackson Heights, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.

A Queens grand jury has indicted Firefighter John DaSilva, 31, of Staten Island, who was accused of driving with a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit, with additional charges of aggravated vehicular homicide and vehicular manslaughter.

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