Crime & Safety
Deadly Crashes On Peninsula Boulevard, Vehicles Slam Into Trees: Cops
Separate one-car collisions took place on Sunday in Rockville Centre, leading to two deaths and others in critical condition, police said.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, NY — A passenger in his twenties was killed Sunday night when the car he was in struck a tree, police said.
A 24-year-old man was driving a 2006 Mini Cooper southbound on Peninsula Boulevard, approximately a mile south of the Southern State Parkway.
The driver left the roadway and crashed into a tree just after 10:30 p.m. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. It was the second fatal accident in the vicinity within 18 hours, authorities.
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Just before 4:30 a.m., a 20-year-old female passenger was killed when the vehicle struck several trees alongside Peninsula Boulevard, police said.
The male driver and another female passenger are in critical condition.
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Police are investigating both crashes.
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