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Ganz Sentenced In Crash That Killed 4 Teens
Gerrard Ganz was sentenced yesterday for convictions of criminally negligent homicide and driving while impaired. Ganz had killed three teenagers in a car accident about a year ago.
Nassau County Judge Jerald Carter sentenced Ganz yesterday to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison after he was convicted last December at trial of criminally negligent homicide and driving while impaired.
Ganz was acquitted of the top charge against him, second-degree manslaughter, as well as vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
The accident occurred when Ganz's car slammed into a Honda driven by Tiffany Hagigal, of Westbury, sending it into a telephone pole where it burst into flames.
Ilene Burgess, Anelie Thelemaque, 16, and Guy Victor, 19, both of Westbury, and Shauna Mattison, 15, of the Bronx, were all killed in the accident.
Joan Hagigal, who had only a learner's permit and was not allowed to drive at night, was the only one in her car to survive. She was not charged.
Since the four teens were killed as the result of a single act, state law dictates that Ganz can't serve separate sentences for each victim.