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The widow of an NYPD traffic who died in a hit-and-run broke down in court earlier today as the woman accused of causing his death went on trial.
Irene Tsakos had to be temporarily escorted from Queens Supreme Court earlier today as the manslaughter trial into the death of her husband Anastasios Tsakos began.
Jessica Beauvais stands accused of killing the NYPD Highway Officer on the Long Island Expressway while intoxicated after filming a video criticizing cops as the song 'F**k Tha Police' played in the background.
Tsakos, 43, had been directing traffic away from a fatal crash on the highway in Queens in April 2021 when he was allegedly struck by a Beauvais' Volkswagen.
The court heard gruesome details about Tsakos' injuries after he was knocked out of his knee-high police-issued boots and thrown nearly 200 feet.
Anastasios Tsakos (pictured) had been directing traffic away from a fatal crash on the highway in Queens in April 2021 when he was struck by a Volkswagen
Jessica Beauvais (pictured in court today) stands accused of killing the NYPD Highway Officer on the Long Island Expressway
Irene Tsakos, the widow of Anastasios, is pictured here entering Queens Supreme Court as the trial into her husband's death began
The New York Post reported that New York Presbyterian EMS worker Kevin Beverly told the court: 'His face was split in two.'
Tsakos' widow sobbed in the gallery as Beverly continued: 'There was a lot of facial trauma, a lot of swelling, bleeding, bleeding from the ears, bruising on the neck area.
'He had a left leg amputation below the knee halfway down.'
Tsakos' widow was temporarily escorted out of the court room as she broke down, before prosecutors showed crime scene photos of the cop's broken body.
The outlet reported that Tsakos' face was covered in blood, with his eyes closed and his mouth open and stuffed with gauze, and his nose visibly broken.
Pictures of the scene show his boot laying on the road, as well as his hat - having being knocked away in the collision.
The Post also reported that, during opening arguments Assistant District Attorney Greg Lasak Jr. said: 'His organs and bones were crushed. His leg was amputated. He landed 171 feet from impact.
'She left him there on the side of the road to die, without his leg.'
Beauvais is facing 13 charges including manslaughter in the second degree, with prosecutors saying she was high on drugs and had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when she is alleged to have hit Tsakos
The court heard gruesome details about Tsakos' injuries after he was knocked out of his knee-high police-issued boots (pictured) and thrown nearly 200 feet
The hat that Tsakos had been wearing is seen here on the left in evidence pictures taken the night he lost his life
Tsakos was temporarily escorted out of the court room as she broke down, before prosecutors showed crime scene photos of the cop's broken body
Beauvais is facing 13 charges including manslaughter in the second degree, with prosecutors saying she was high on drugs and had a blood alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit when she is alleged to have hit Tsakos.
On the night of the crash, Beauvais filmed herself in a Facebook livestream where she addressed the trial of white ex-cop Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
During the
