Crime & Safety
Drunk Man Crashes Into Parked Car, Kills Passenger: SCPD
The 45-year-old was charged with DWI after the crash early Monday, police said.
Update:
HAUPPAUGE, NY - The passenger who died in the fatal DWI crash has been identified as 40-year-old Wu Wang, of Flushing.
Original story:
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HAUPPAUGE, NY - A Hauppauge man was arrested for driving drunk during a fatal car crash in Hauppauge early Monday, according to Suffolk Police.
Suffolk County Police today arrested a Hauppauge man for driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment following a fatal motor vehicle crash.
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Scott Brunengraber, 45, was driving 2016 Lexus southbound on Terry Road when he struck a parked 2017 Toyota at 3:15 a.m., police said.
Brunengraber pulled over on Ingrid Court and his male passenger was transported to St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The victim’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin.
Brunengraber was charged with DWI and second degree reckless endangerment.
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