Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Benjamin Servideo must also complete 100 hours of community service for the accident in September that caused deaths of Sullynette Sanchez, her baby.
Benjamin Servideo, 24, of Newport, has lost his license for eight months and must perform 100 hours of community service for the fatal accident on Route 4 in East Greenwich on Sept. 29, 2012, the Providence Journal reported Tuesday. He must also pay a fine and attend a driver retraining program. The accident caused the deaths of both Sullynette Sanchez and her baby, delivered after Sanchez had died from her injuries. The sentence was handed down Tuesday by state Traffic Tribunal Chief Magistrate William R. Guglietta in Cranston. Servideo pleaded guilty to two traffic violations Feb. 7, after state police found no evidence to bring criminal charges. Servideo was not seen to have been driving erractically, he was not found to have been …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
State police say there was no evidence of reckless conduct on Sept. 28 when Benjamin Servideo's car rear-ended Sullynette Sanchez's car, killing her and the baby she was carrying.
The driver in a fatal crash on Route 4 in East Greenwich on Sept. 29, 2012, pleaded guilty to two traffic violations Thursday morning at the R.I. Traffic Tribunal in Cranston. Benjamin Servideo, 24, of Newport, will be sentenced on Feb. 26 for failing to respond to conditions requiring reduced speed and failing to maintain control of his car. A third violation, failing to maintain adequate space between vehicles, was dropped. Servideo's car rear-ended the car driven by Sullynette Sanchez, 23, of Providence, who was 8 months pregnant. Sanchez died on the way to the hospital. Her baby, a boy, was born afterwards but only lived for two weeks. Asst. Attorney General Stephen Regine said the state police found no evidence to bring criminal …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Sullynette Sanchez's fiance – father of Sully's baby, who was delivered after the accident then died a few days later – is asking why.
This story was updated at 6:30 p.m. The driver in the fatal Route 4 crash last September that killed Sullynette Sanchez, 23, will not face criminal charges, according to the lawyer for Sanchez's fiance. Sanchez was 8 months pregnant at the time of the accident; the baby was delivered by C-section, but died two weeks later. The driver, Benjamin Servideo, 24, of Newport, was cited for conditions requiring reduced speed, failing to maintain control of his car, and not keeping the proper amount of space between vehicles. "He’s been given traffic tickets, basically," said Joseph Ballirano, lawyer for Stephen Bustamante, Sanchez's fiance, and Sanchez's parents. "The police believe the motorist was going 58 [mph] at the time of the collision," …
Hairsonfire
6:24 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
A grim reminder of how inherently dangerous it is to operate a motor vehicle. We have come so far in automobile safety standards but mass x velocity still = momentum and two objects of mass cannot occupy the same space at the same time. In the blink of an eye- So sad. more ›