Guyanese teen faces 25 years in NY prison for car crash that killed friends

Joseph Beer

A Queens, NY teenager who crashed his car on a Long Island highway last month, killing four of his friends, faces 25 years in jail after testing positive for marijuana, the New York Daily News reported on Friday.

Joseph Beer, 17, a Richmond Hill High School graduate, whose parents are Guyanese, lost control of his vehicle on the Southern State Parkway known as “Dead Man’s Curve” at about 3:40 a.m. on Oct. 8.

The car slammed into a wooded area and split in two after