Fatal crash

Speeding Driver Tears Through 10 Parked Cars

A 24-year-old driver sped down Nassau Expressway overnight, hit ten parked cars, and died when his sedan burned. Unsafe speed turned a quiet row of cars into a line of wrecks.

1fatality
December 26, 2022date
3:28 a.m.time

What We Know

According to the police report, a 24-year-old licensed driver traveling east on Nassau Expressway at 3:28 a.m. hit ten parked vehicles while driving at unsafe speed. The sedan then caught fire, and the driver was killed, with severe burn injuries listed to the entire body. Police recorded unsafe speed and alcohol involvement for the driver. Records list one oversized pickup and multiple cars and SUVs among the parked vehicles.

People

  • Occupant killed

    Age 24; Male; Position: Driver; Injury: Killed

Vehicles

  • Sedan

    2012 INFI -CAR/SUV; Occupants: 1; Pre-crash movement: Going Straight Ahead; Travel direction: East; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Demolished; Driver license status: Licensed; Contributing factor: Unsafe Speed; Second contributing factor: Alcohol Involvement

  • Truck

    2001 DODG -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Back End; Damage: Demolished

  • Sedan

    2010 ACUR -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Back End; Damage: Demolished

  • Sedan

    2015 BMW -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished

  • Sedan

    2006 NISS -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished

  • SUV

    2019 DODG -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished

  • SUV

    2009 HOND -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Demolished; Damage: Demolished

  • Sedan

    2020 TOYT -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Front End; Damage: Center Front End

  • Sedan

    2008 SCIO -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Back End; Damage: Center Back End

  • Sedan

    2017 BMW -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Back End; Damage: Center Back End

  • Sedan

    1999 BMW -CAR/SUV; Pre-crash movement: Parked; Point of impact: Center Back End; Damage: Right Rear Bumper

Press Articles

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