A Hooksett man may spend between 44 and 88 years in prison after a jury found him guilty on a number of charges stemming from a fatal crash in February 2006 in Manchester.

Joshua Lamy, 25, of Martins Ferry Road, was convicted of two counts each of manslaughter and negligent homicide, two counts of second-degree assault, and three counts of aggravated driving while intoxicated for driving at excessive speeds down Maple Street in Manchester, running a red light, and slamming into a taxicab on Feb. 18, 2006, at around 1 a.m.

The taxi driver, Briana Emmons, 20, broke down in tears upon hearing the verdict.

Emmons, who suffered a fractured pelvis among other injuries, was eight months pregnant at the time of the accident and delivered the baby boy by cesarean section shortly after the crash, but the baby died two weeks later because of a lack of oxygen during the trauma. The baby, Dominick Emmons, was counted in the manslaughter and negligent homicide charges.

Emmon’s passenger, Sheila Moody, 39, at the time of the accident, also died several days after the crash as a result of her injuries.

“He should have just called a cab,” said Brenda Milonas, Moody’s aunt, about Lamy. She added that she wished for Lamy to go to prison. “You can’t bring her back. You can’t change it.”

Both Lamy and his passenger, Anthony Brown of Hooksett suffered serious injuries. Brown, now 30, suffered an aneurysm stemming from a serious head injury and was unable to testify at Lamy’s trial, prosecutors said.

Lamy himself suffered two broken ankles, the dashboard having pinned him inside his 1992 Honda Civic with his legs folded up to his chest, accounting for one of the three aggravated DWI charges.

Prosecutors said Lamy left the Yee Dynasty restaurant and lounge on South Willow Street with Brown and drove at 100 mph down Maple Street, running several red lights before striking the cab driven by Emmons on the passenger side, seriously injuring Moody.

Witness testimony from Emmons, along with that of several drivers and neighbors in the area who saw Lamy’s car traveling at a high rate of speed, sealed the state’s case, said Assistant Hillsborough County Attorney Jennifer Sandoval.

According to the testimony of accident reconstructionist Sgt. Michael Hurley of the Manchester Police Department, the taxi cab was traveling about 10 mph through a green light at the intersection when Lamy’s vehicle struck the cab’s passenger side at 103 mph, pushing it sideways more than 90 feet down the road. The cab’s speed after the impact was calculated at 42 mph.

Defense attorneys Robert Monteith and Charles O’Leary, argued that Lamy’s mental state at the time of the accident showed that he was unaware of the consequences of his actions, and also that in veering his car to the right he had attempted to avoid the crash.

They also argued that Emmons, who had gotten her taxi license several weeks before, was not used to driving the van and may have been distracted by Moody, who according to reports, was also intoxicated at the time of the crash and was sitting in the front seat.

Lamy wept during a short recess taken on Thursday, Nov. 29, prior to closing arguments. “As a representative of Mr. Lamy, he understands and appreciates the nature and the scope of the tragedy,” said O’Leary.

The trial, which began on Monday, Nov. 26, was much shorter than expected, prosecutors said.

Jurors went into deliberations in the afternoon on Thursday, Nov. 29, at around 1:30 p.m. Later that day, two jurors were removed from their duties.

Both defense and prosecutors said one of the jurors disclosed to the bailiff that the other had done some outside investigation on his own by driving the route taken by Lamy before the accident.

On Friday, Nov. 30, the defense moved for a mistrial, which was denied.

Presiding Judge Gillian Abramson said Lamy’s sentencing would likely be scheduled for sometime in January.