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NYC hit-and-run firefighter to avoid jail time

Firefighter Pat Quagliarello, charged with criminally negligent homicide in death of drunk pedestrian, got 3 years’ probation

By Jose Martinez
The New York Post

NEW YORK — A Brooklyn firefighter who fatally struck a drunken pedestrian and drove away will avoid jail time, instead lecturing schoolkids on the dangers of reckless driving.

Pat Quagliarello, who had been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the death of Manuel Tzajguachiac, got three years’ probation.

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