A Mercedes touring westbound on Jericho Turnpike collided with a Lincoln City Automobile with six individuals in it.
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Three ladies have been killed in a late-night crash Saturday by an accused drunk driver on Lengthy Island after they left a Candy 16 get together, based on police and sources.
The crash got here at 11:11 p.m. Saturday in New Hyde Park outdoors an occasion house on the Jericho Turnpike, the place a driver of a Mercedes-Benz sedan rammed right into a Lincoln City Automobile carrying a driver and 5 different passengers, the Nassau County Police Division stated Sunday.
Three of the feminine passengers within the again seat of the automobile have been pronounced useless on the scene, based on the division.
The driving force and different passengers of the Lincoln have been taken to close by hospital, and are in secure situation, the Nassau County Police Division stated.
The driving force of the Mercedes, Dante Lennon, was charged with a DWI and three counts of Vehicular Manslaughter, cops stated. Lennon — a 22-year-old from Freeport, Lengthy Island –was taken to an area space hospital to be handled for non-life-threatening accidents, and can seem in courtroom when he's effectively sufficient, based on police.
A regulation enforcement supply advised The Publish the ladies who have been killed had simply left a Candy 16 get together on the Inn at New Hyde Park. The venue hosts weddings, bar mitzvahs, Quinceañeras and different celebrations, based on its web site.
“Very disturbing, by no means seen that ever in my life,” stated witness Jaylen Augustin, based on ABC7. “[W]hy would that occur? I simply can’t imagine it.”
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