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Teen driver charged in passengers' deaths

Sitting quietly in a wheelchair, a West Hempstead High School student pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminally negligent homicide in the deaths of two classmates after a lunchtime car crash near campus in April.

Herbert B. Martinez, 17, of West Hempstead, also pleaded not guilty to two counts of reckless endangerment and one count each of reckless driving and speeding.

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