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10/03/2012 04:21 PM

S.I. Driver Pleads Not Guilty To Homicide Charge

By: NY1 News

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A man accused in a deadly hit-and-run accident that killed a grandmother on Staten Island entered a not-guilty plea today.

Brian McGurk, 40, seen above, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and leaving the scene of an accident.

<i>Clara Almazo</i>
Clara Almazo
Authorities say McGurk allegedly struck and killed Clara Almazo, 56, who was walking home from a Mass on Cary Avenue on April 5.

Police say Almazo's eight-year-old grandson Ryan was with her at the time, and Almazo was able to push him out of harms way.

The child suffered a broken leg.

Almazo's family is suing McGurk, as well as the New York Mets and a local bar.

They claim McGurk was allowed to drink too much at both locations before getting into his car.

The Mets are not commenting on the suit.