Friends Raising Funds To Honor Memory Of Man Killed In Crash

SHIRLEY, NY — The community is wrapping its arms around the family of a man killed in a Shirley crash last month.

A GoFundMe page, "Angel Espiet Funeral Arrangements," was created by his sister Danielle Mehlberg of Mastic Beach and has raised $830 of its $5,000 goal so far.

"We are planning arrangements to honor my brother Angel in the most beautiful way possible for the person with the most beautiful soul. Any help would be greatly appreciated to do this. Please, I just want to give him what he deserves. He was a awesome, caring brother, son and father. Thank you."

Espiet, 26, of Bellport, was driving a 1992 Mazda westbound on Montauk Highway, near Smith Road, when his vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and struck a 2017 Subaru traveling eastbound, police said.

Espiet was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

The driver of the Subaru, Dylan O'Brien, 24, and O'Brien's passenger, Marissa Joynt, 23, of Shirley, were transported to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue with non-life threatening injuries, police said.

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