Limo Company Operator in New York Crash Charged With Homicide, Police Says

Mourners attend a candlelight vigil in Amsterdam, N.Y., on Oct. 8, 2018, for the victims of the limousine crash that killed 20. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images

NEW YORK—The operator of a limousine company that owned the vehicle involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was taken into custody and charged with criminally negligent homicide, New York State Police said on Oct. 10.

Nauman Hussain, the operator of Prestige Limousine, was taken into custody following a traffic stop near Albany, police said in a statement. He was charged in connection with the deadly crash.