Just got this news forwarded to me and am sad for this brilliant kid who was among the smartest Himalayan kids I'd known here. What a waste of potential...Can only hope that he comes out stronger after this ordeal:

Yeah, what he did was the stupidest thing he ever could have but the kid just turned 21 and it saddens me that someone with so much left to achieve being brought down thi way.  BTW, If you're gonna cuss at him, pls refrain as this thread is here to provide the kid the support we can give him from sajha (I'll ask him to check it).  FYI, I'm gonna go ballistic deleting posts which do not adhere to my beliefs (Fug free speech if its aimed at bringing the already down, lower). 

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--hit-run1001oct01,0,2964262.story

$75,000 bail for man accused of fatal DWI hit-run

NEW YORK (AP) _ A judge set bail Monday at $75,000, more than the prosecutor requested, for a college student accused of a drunken hit-and-run incident that killed a young woman who had moved to New York from Scotland.

Tenzing Bhutia, 21, who was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, is accused of mowing down Julia M. Thomson, 24, as she crossed a street near her Lower East Side apartment early Sunday.

A felony court complaint charges Bhutia with second-degree vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident involving a death, and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.

Bhutia's blood alcohol level was 0.087 percent, a fraction over the 0.08 percent upper limit, according to the complaint.

The complaint said Bhutia told police that he knew that he hit something and did not stop.

A witness said that a black Mercedes side mirror was next to Thomson, an Edinburgh native, as she lay on the street bleeding.

About 3{ hours later, police found a damaged black Mercedes in Forest Hills, Queens. The auto, registered to Bhutia's father, was missing a passenger side mirror, had a smashed passenger side windshield and a dented front fender, the complaint said.

The defendant's father, Temdy Bhutia, told police his son had driven the car early Sunday, the complaint said.

Judge Tanya Kennedy set Bhutia's bail at $75,000 _ $25,000 more than Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran had asked for, and ordered Bhutia to surrender his passport.

Palermo said he expected his client, who entered no plea during the arraignment, to post bail.

Bhutia is a senior at Baruch College, where he is majoring in finance, and is an information technology employee at a New York City company, according to his lawyer, Edward Palermo.

His next court appearance is scheduled for Oct. 5.