A New Jersey man has been convicted of murder and other charges for driving drunk and crashing into a crowd of people celebrating the Fourth of July on the Lower East Side last year, killing four and injuring seven others , prosecutors said Monday.

Daniel Hyden, 46, of Monmouth Junction, was found guilty of four counts of second-degree murder, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide, four counts of second-degree assault and three counts of third-degree assault.

“Family and friends were enjoying a Fourth of July barbeque in Corlears Hook Park before their lives were drastically and tragically changed forever. Daniel Hyden was intoxicated when he drove through a fence, killing Lucille Pinkney, Herman Pinkney, Ana Morel, and Emily Ruiz, as well as injuring seven others,” Manhattan Dist

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