ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — A 33-year-old Buffalo man has pleaded guilty to an incident that occurred in November after leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident that had happened outside of Highmark Stadium following a Monday night football game.
The suspect Khairullah Hasein, pleaded guilty before an Erie County Court judge on February 6 to the highest sustainable charge.
At the time of the incident, it had been reported that the defendant had allegedly left the scene of the accident before police found him a few hours later at his home. His car was also located with damage to it on Mills Street in the City of Buffalo.
The 65-year-old victim who had been hit by Hasein was transported to ECMC where they passed away.
Hasein now faces up to 7 years in prison when he is sentenced in April, and has since been released on bail which was set at $10,0000 cash or bond.
During his arraignment in November, the defendant required a Burmese interpreter and was identified as a husband, father of four young children, as well as full-time teacher at the Islamic school on Best Street in Buffalo.
Part-time Hasein would also deliver for Amazon which is what he was doing at the time of the hit-and-run.
When arguing for bail, Hasein’s appointed attorney said he might not have realized that he allegedly hit something, in part because it is so dark around the stadium at that time.
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