Police: 1 Dead, 2 Critically Injured in Deer Park Crash

One man was killed and two others were critically injured in a single-car crash in Deer Park Monday morning, police said.

According to police, Hamzah Abdul-Hakim, Ismail Latif, and Darnell Snell were occupants in a 2003 Infiniti that was traveling southbound on Straight Path at approximately 4:30 a.m. when the vehicle left the road and struck a tree south of Sagamore Lane.

Latif was ejected from the car and Abdul-Hakim and Snell were trapped in the vehicle and extricated by Deer Park Fire Department Rescue, police said.

Abdul-Hakim, 28, of Wyandanch, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Latif, 28, of Wyandanch, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip via Deer Park Fire Department Rescue and was listed in critical condition. Snell, 31, of Wyandanch, was transported by Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Rescue to a landing zone and was then airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.

Detectives are still working to determine who was driving the vehicle. The Infiniti was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing. Anyone who may have witnessed this incident and has not been interviewed by detectives is asked to call the First Squad at 631-854-8152 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.

Photos by Ken Bradbury, Deer Park FD