Revere man sentenced to two and a half years for motor vehicle homicide

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A 29-year-old Revere man whose negligent driving resulted in the death of a 65-year-old Lynn woman in North Attleboro three years ago was convicted of motor vehicle homicide last week in Fall River Superior Court after a four-day jury trial, Bristol County District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III announced.

After trial, Judge Renee Dupuis sentenced Arman Chaudhary to two-and-a-half years in the Bristol County House of Correction, with one year to serve. The balance of the jail sentence was suspended for three years. Judge Dupuis also ordered the defendant to complete 100 hours of community service.

On September 20, 2015 at approximately 3 am, the defendant and two friends left a home in Pawtucket, RI. The defendant was driving his friend’s BMW on Route 95 North in North Attleboro when he drove on to the grassy median to pass an UBER car.

After passing he UBER driver, the defendant got back onto the roadway and then lost control of the BMW while driving at speeds in excess of 100 MPH. The BMW the defendant was driving struck a Ford Expedition, which forced the Ford to flip over the guardrail and flip several times. A passenger in the Ford, later identified as 65-year-old Rom Tim, died from injuries sustained in the collision.

Several other people in the Ford were injured and sent to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The BMW eventually came to rest in the travel lane before being struck by two other vehicles.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Daniel Walsh, who had argued that the defendant should serve the entire two-and-a-half year jail term during a sentencing hearing held after the jury’s guilty verdict. The defendant, however, requested to only serve 30 days of the jail sentence, with the balance suspended for 29 months.

“The defendant engaged in reckless operation of a motor vehicle that killed the victim. It is particularly concerning that the defendant had a bad driving history,” District Attorney Quinn said. “I am pleased that the defendant was held accountable for his conduct.”

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