A man who killed four people when he drove while intoxicated into a crowd of people at a Fourth of July celebration has been sentenced to 24 years to life in state prison, Manhattan’s top prosecutor announced Friday.
Daniel Hyden, 46, was sentenced Friday in connection with the deadly July 4, 2024, crash in Corlears Hook Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
Hyden, of Monmouth, New Jersey, was intoxicated behind the wheel of his Ford F-150 pickup when he sped through a stop sign, a construction zone, and over a sidewalk at speeds of up to 54 mph, according to evidence presented at trial. He drove through a chain-link fence and ultimately struck a large crowd of families and friends at the park…