Man Charged With DWI After Crash Into LI Home Kills 1: Police

FLANDERS, NY — A Riverhead man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a Friday morning crash in Flanders that left Noe Hernandez-Nunez, 36, of Riverside, dead, police said.

Santiago Monzon-Archila, 40, was arrested and charged with DWI; additional charges are expected, Southampton Town Police said.

Monzon-Archila was taken to the Southampton Town Police Department and processed, police said.

According to Southampton Town Police, the crash took place at 5:03 a.m. at a home on Flanders Road near Long Neck Boulevard. Monzon-Archila, who was driving a 2007 Toyota sedan and heading west, careened into the two-story residence on Flanders Road, with four people, including three adults and a child inside, police said. No one in the house was injured, police said.

Hernandez-Nunez was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the hospital, police said. Both he and Monzon-Archila were taken to the hospital by Flanders-Northampton Volunteer Ambulance, police said.

Southampton Police detectives, New York State Police, Southampton Town fire marshals and the Flanders Fire Department also responded to the scene, police said.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact Southampton Town Police Department's detective division at 631-702-2230.