Sachem School Community Mourns Girl, 11, Who Died After Holbrook Crash

HOLBROOK, NY — The Sachem Central School District community is mourning the loss of an 11-year-old student who died after a car crash in Holbrook last week.

Alanna Lika, 11, succumbed to her injuries at Stony Brook University Hospital last Wednesday, hours after a two-vehicle crash on Veterans Memorial Highway.

In a statement to Patch, Sachem Schools Superintendent Christopher Pellettieri said, "the district is saddened to learn about the tragic loss of one of our Seneca Middle School students."

Pellettieri said that "support services" would be made available to students this week.

"We extend our thoughts and prayers to the individual’s family and loved ones during this very difficult time," he said.

Lika was described as the loving daughter of Cemil and Jennifer, as well as the beloved sister of Ava, according to her obituary posted on the website of the Alexander-Rothwell Funeral Home in Wading River.

She was buried at Washington Memorial Park in Coram on Tuesday.

Lika was one of three people, including a motorcyclist, SUV driver who died.

Emanuel Dandrea was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox westbound on the highway around 1:20 p.m. when he tried to turn left toward Coates Avenue and collided with a 2002 Honda motorcycle heading east, Suffolk police said.

Both Dandrea, 74, of Shoreham, and the driver of the motorcycle, Alaaeldien Elfaham, 23, of Deer Park, died at the scene, according to police.

Lika and an eight-year-old girl were taken in an ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment, but Lika died later from serious injuries, police said. The 8-year-old girl was treated there for non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.