A driver charged over the hit-and-run deaths of a pregnant woman and her husband in New York City has played down his part in the fatal smash, telling a local TV reporter that "accidents happen".
Julio Acevedo told WABC in an exclusive interview recorded in prison that he was deeply sorry.
But he insisted he was not speeding when his car crashed into a taxi carrying ultra-orthodox Jewish couple Nachman and Raizy Glauber in the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn on March 3.
"I can't bring 'em back; it was an accident," he said. "I apologise deeply."
The 44-year-old admitted he shared some guilt but attempted to shift some of the blame to the cab driver, who he alleged ran a red light.
The remains of the cab the couple was travelling in "Sure I played a part. I couldn't stop. Accidents happen," he went on.
"Let's ask the cab driver why did he run the stop sign. He was more in a rush than I was. He was rushing the woman to the hospital."
The couple's premature baby was delivered afterwards but died a day later.
Acevedo fled the scene but was arrested four days later in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
He told the New York Daily News he was attempting to get away from a gunman who was trying to shoot at him.
He had previously served about 10 years in prison in the 1990s for manslaughter after being convicted of shooting the infamous Brooklyn gang member Kelvin Martin - known as the original "50 Cent".
Acevedo has pleaded not guilty to three counts of vehicular manslaughter.
He is facing life in prison.
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