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Posted By richards on February 2, 2015

Julio Acevedo is the suspected driver of the BMW that plowed into expectant Brooklyn parents Nachman and Raizel Glauber, killing them both on March 3, 2013.

The couple, both 21, were in the back of a cab on their way to a hospital after 7-months-pregnant Raizel experienced pains. Their child died hours after they were killed.

Julio Acevedo (left) is the suspected driver of the BMW that plowed into expectant Brooklyn parents Nachman and Raizel Glauber (right), killing them both on March 3, 2013.

It was a horrific hit-and-run a BMW barreling down a Brooklyn street slammed into a cab carrying a young couple who were expecting their first child.

The driver, Julio Acevedo, who surrendered to police after four desperate days on the run, will go on trial starting Monday.

Because of prior felony convictions, the 46-year-old defendant could face a life sentence if found guilty of reckless manslaughter or leaving the scene of an accident. And the publicity around the case coupled with the victims politically connected Satmar Hasidic community adds pressure on prosecutors.

Just after midnight on March 3, 2013, Nachman and Raizel Glauber, who was seven months pregnant, were riding in a livery cab to the hospital. As the cab eased into an intersection along Kent Ave. in Williamsburg, it was T-boned by a car driven by Acevedo. The couple, both 21, instantly died. Their baby died hours later.

Prosecutors contend Acevedo was driving over 60 mph twice the legal limit accelerated after passing on a solid yellow line, and then couldnt stop when the cab inched into the intersection.

Its his whole behavior, said a law enforcement source.

Acevedos defense will try to minimize his liability, noting that the cabbie was the one who had the stop sign. But it will have a harder time fighting the leaving-the-scene rap.

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Hit-and-run suspect faces life sentence over couples death

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