Man pleads guilty in crash that killed bride-to-be, best man on NY's Hudson River
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A man has admitted he crashed a powerboat on the Hudson River in New York, killing a bride-to-be two weeks before her wedding. Her fiance's best man also was killed.
The Rockland County district attorney's office says Jojo John pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of second-degree vehicular manslaughter. He is to be sentenced to two years in jail.
John had been charged with 18 counts, including operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If convicted, he could have been sentenced to 15 years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Prosecutors said John had nearly twice the legal level of alcohol in his system when the boat crashed into a barge in July.
John's attorney had asserted that the crash was caused by a lack of lighting on the barge.