Westchester man pleads guilty to vehicular manslaughter

WHITE PLAINS – A Mount Vernon man Friday pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter in connection with the death of a passenger in his car.

Jonathan Hurst, 23, was pled guilty to vehicular assault in the first degree and DWI.

Hurst and two friends were returning from a night out in White Plains at 2 a.m. on August 30, 2007 when a Scarsdale police officer saw the vehicle speeding northbound on Boston Post Road.

As he began to follow the car, he saw Hurst run off the road and crash head on into a telephone pole. His front seat passenger was killed on impact and the rear seat passenger sustained serious injuries.

Hurst’s blood alcohol content was .17, more than twice the legal limit.

When sentenced in September Hurst faces a maximum of 2 ½ to seven years in state prison.