ONLY ON 13: Limo operator convicted in Schoharie crash has cancer

The man convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of the 20 people killed in the Schoharie limousine crash has cancer.

Nauman Hussain’s father shared news with NewsChannel 13’s Mark Mulholland that his son has lung cancer.

The cancer has spread to the muscles near his shoulders.

Hussain is serving his 5- to-15-year sentence at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, but he is being transported to Albany Medical Center for treatment.

Hussain’s father told NewsChannel 13 that he shared the news of his son’s illness because he “would like people to pray for his son.”

The older Hussain said his son, who is 34, “has suffered enough.”

Regarding the 20 people who were killed when Hussain’s faulty limo crashed in Schoharie in 2018, Shahed Hussain said “my heart goes out to their families.”

Shahed shared his son’s medical file from Albany Medical Center, which details what led to the diagnosis – a persistent dry cough over nine months that was initially treated as pneumonia.

The chart also includes a summary of a conversation Nauman had with a medical provider at Albany Medical Center. The provider writes “he has been in [prison] for over a year and hopes that he can have some leniency to get out early due to his diagnosis.”

Nauman Hussain is appealing his conviction. It is scheduled to be heard on Friday, Sept. 6.

Regarding the older Hussain, who served as an FBI informant on two major cases, he told NewsChannel 13 by phone from Pakistan that he is still being treated for heart disease, and had stents implanted recently. He’d been criticized by families of those killed in the crash for not returning from Pakistan to face prosecution, instead allowing his son to be held criminally responsible. Shahed Hussain insists he was not well enough to travel.