Police ID Man Charged With Drugged Driving In Fatal LIE Crash

SHIRLEY, NY – Police have identified a 37-year-old man who is charged with driving while high on drugs following a crash that killed one person and injured eight others on the Long Island Expressway Saturday afternoon.

Peter Visconti Jr., of Mastic, is charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs, third degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and seventh degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Suffolk Police say Visconti was driving a 2004 Ford pickup truck westbound on the LIE near the William Floyd Parkway in Shirley when it struck a 2011 Honda minivan at about 3:30 p.m. The pickup truck then crossed over the median into the eastbound lanes where it struck a motorcycle and a 2013 Toyota minivan.

Seven people in the Toyota minivan were transported to area hospitals. An adult female passenger was pronounced dead at Long Island Medical Center in East Patchogue. Another adult female is in critical condition at Southside Hospital in Bay Shore. The driver and four other passengers suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The male motorcyclist was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. Visconti was transported to Long Island Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The driver and passenger of the 2011 minivan did not receive medical treatment.

Police did not release the name of the woman who was killed or any of those who were injured.

Visconti has not been scheduled to be arraigned yet due to his injuries, police said.

All vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is continuing. Major Case detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call at 631-852-6555.

Video by Fully Involved Media Group / John Walthers

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