BUFFALO,

N.Y.

-- A former Staten Island resident with two drunken driving convictions on the borough pleaded guilty in Buffalo to driving with a blood-alcohol reading seven times the legal limit, according to published reports -- just two months after receiving a liver transplant.

Gurninderjit Thandi, 32, entered the plea on Friday, according to wivb.com.

Thandi, who now lives in Cheektowaga,

N.Y.,

had a blood alcohol reading of .56 percent after an alleged hit-and-run incident on March 20, when he struck a pedestrian, two parked cars and a moving vehicle in his hometown, according to the

.

A blood-alcohol reading of .35 percent, for most, would be the equivalent of being under anesthesia for surgery, the Buffalo News reported, citing information from the American Council for Drug Education.

Thandi pleaded guilty to felonious aggravated drunken driving, aggravated unlicensed driving and leaving the scene of an incident without reported it, according to the News.

He is due to be sentenced Aug. 24.

The Staten Island charges came five years ago.