Police ID Teens Killed In Meadowbrook Parkway Crash

FREEPORT, NY – State Police have identified the three teens killed and seven other people injured in a crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway Friday morning.

According to police, 15-year-old Cindy Sanchez was driving a stolen 2005 Chevrolet Trailblazer in the southbound lanes of the parkway south of Exit M9–Merrick Road at 11:42 a.m. when she lost control of the vehicle. Police say she overcompensated when the SUV turned, causing it to flip multiple times before it ended up in marshland on the side of the parkway.

Multiple occupants were ejected from the SUV. Herbert Leo Aviles Maravilla, 16, Marlon Carbajal, 15, and David Sanchez, 13, were killed in the crash.

Cindy Sanchez and the remaining passengers, Diego Aviles Maravilla, 15, Mayela Flores, 15, Kevin Robles, 16, Lisbeth Menjivar, 16, Walter Ochoa, 17, and Gael Sanchez, 18 months, suffered minor injuries, police say.

The preliminary investigation had determined that the SUV was reported stolen in Roosevelt Thursday and that excessive speed was a contributing factor in the crash, police say. Charges are pending.

All of the people in the SUV are from Uniondale.

The statement below was posted on the Uniondale School District's website.

Photo: Courtesy New York State Department of Transportation