Crime & Safety
VIDEO: Victim's Parents After Sentencing for Fatal DWI in Wantagh
Matthew Scarpati's parents discuss Wednesday's sentencing of James Ryan for 2009 death of their son.
James Ryan of New Hyde Park was Wednesday for killing Matthew Scarpati, 19, of Dix Hills two years ago in a fatal DWI crash on the Wantagh Parkway in Wantagh.
Scarpati's parents Lynn and James discussed the sentencing and what their fallen son meant to their family.
The summer 2009 fatal accident prompted calls by local elected officials including State Sen. Charles J. Fushillo Jr., R-Merrick, and Assemblyman David McDonough, R-Merrick to have the Department of Transportation install a guardrail along the Wantagh Parkway bike path near where the tragic incident occurred. A for the Wantagh Parkway guard rail project attended by members of the Scarpati family took place on June 6, 2010.
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