Crime & Safety
1 Dead, 2 Hurt in Long Island Crash
The driver, from Bellport, veered into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle, police say.
SHIRLEY, NY — The man killed in a Shirley crash Wednesday night has been identified as Angel Espiet, 26, of Bellport, police said.
Espiet 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 at 7:10 p.m., police said.
Espiet was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.
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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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The vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call Seventh Squad detectives at 631-852-8752.
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