A younger British vacationer who allegedly drove the improper method down a highway in Rockland County — crashing into one other automotive and leaving two children in important situation — is again within the states to reply legal costs.
Thomas Robb is charged with fleeing again to his house nation following the July 2022 smash-up in Blauvelt that left Jacquelyn Pachay with a shattered wrist and her then-6- and 7-year-old with accidents.
Robb, then 20, was charged with assault, leaving the scene of an incident with critical bodily damage, reckless endangerment, and reckless driving.
However after being launched on $25,000 bail, he left the nation and returned to the UK, prompting a choose to challenge an arrest warrant.
Following a authorized battle lasting over two years and involving each the Division of Justice and the Rockland District Legal professional’s Workplace, Robb was extradited to the US to face trial.
He’s accused of driving the improper method on Greenbush Highway and onto Route 303, in a rented BMW.
The BMW collided first with a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze, pushed by the mother of the 2 wounded youngsters, which then smashed right into a 2021 Dodge Challenger.
Cops mentioned that the opposite passengers within the automotive, who had been additionally from the UK, fled the scene following the crash and ran in the direction of the close by Metro-North tracks.
Robb allegedly used the passport of one in every of his triplet brothers to illegally return to the UK, British outlet The Sunday Specific reported beforehand.
The panorama gardener from the village of Roydon in Essex, southeast England, was later arrested at a personal well being clinic in Might final 12 months, 21 months after his escape.
He was held in custody in Wandsworth, southwest London, earlier than his full extradition listening to in November.
His lawyer, Karen Todner, informed The Sunday Specific her consumer was “absolutely traumatized” by what had occurred.
“He was on holiday abroad without his parents for the first time and simply made the mistake of driving on the wrong side of the road with terrible consequences,” she mentioned. “He is extremely remorseful.”
The mother of the 2 youngsters, Jacquelyn Pachay of Newark, New Jersey, additionally suffered a shattered left wrist within the crash.
After he failed to point out up for his scheduled court docket look in August 2022, she slammed his actions.
“Makes me very angry because if he’s nervous, that’s fine,” she informed CBS New York on the time. “You can be nervous. But my son is not up. So I feel like he doesn’t have any remorse.”
Jaquelyn’s 6-year-old son suffered a important head damage within the crash whereas her 7-year-old additionally spent per week in hospital.
His grandmother, Katherine Fort, branded Robb a “coward.”
She informed CBS on the time, “I was at court and I think it’s a coward. Everyone says he made a mistake. If it’s a mistake, face the mistake.”
Robb was due in Rockland County Court docket Wednesday.
