Cops: 19-Year-Old Woman Killed in Wheatley Heights Crash

A single-car crash killed a woman in Wheatley Heights early Saturday morning, authorities said.

Suffolk County Police say three people were traveling in a 2002 Chevrolet Camaro, heading northwest on Little East Neck Road at the merge of Colonial Springs Road when the vehicle veered off the road into a wooded area on the west side of Colonial Springs Road at approximately 4:20 a.m.

Carla Flores, 19, of Wyandanch, a passenger in the back of the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene. The owner of the vehicle, Joseph Dunn, 20, of Dix Hills, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip for non-life-threatening injuries. Brandon Charles, 19, of Wheatley Heights, refused medical treatment for a minor injury, police say.

Dunn and Charles were in the front seat of the Chevrolet, and detectives are investigating to determine who was driving the vehicle, police said.

The Chevrolet was impounded for a safety check, and the investigation is continuing. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact the Second Squad at 631-854-8252 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.