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Valley Stream man sentenced in fatal DWI crash

Originally published: October 29, 2009 7:47 PM
Updated: October 29, 2009 10:20 PM
By ANN GIVENS  ann.givens@newsday.com

Persi Esquivel at the Mineola courthouse after he

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Persi Esquivel at the Mineola courthouse after he was sentenced on Thursday. (Oct. 29, 2009)

Garett Douglas says he will never forget the moment a pair of headlights crossed a double yellow line on Conklin Street and slammed into the car he was riding in last Thanksgiving weekend. Nor will he forget the moments that followed.

"I was sitting in the backseat, holding my friend's hand as he screamed in pain," Douglas said Thursday in court. "I was reaching into the front seat to touch...

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