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Update: Teen Charged For Crash That Killed Child, Injured 5 Others On Long Island
A teenager has been arrested and charged for a car crash that killed a child and injured five others, himself included, police announced.
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Nassau County Police announced that 18-year-old Jorge Bonilla Gutierrez of Freeport was arrested in connection to an Aug. 7 West Hempstead incident.
Read the original story: Child Dead, Five Injured Following Turnpike Crash In West Hempstead
At approximately 2:20 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 7, Gutierrez was allegedly driving his SUV down Hempstead Turnpike, going east.
He was traveling at a high speed when, near the intersect…
Child Dead, Five Injured Following Turnpike Crash In West Hempstead
A 6-year-old girl has died and five others were injured when an SUV crashed into a car parked on the Hempstead Turnpike, officials announced.
It happened on Monday, Aug. 7 in West Hempstead, according to Nassau County Police.
At approximately 2:20 a.m., the driver of a 2005 Nissan SUV was purportedly speeding down the turnpike, heading east.
Near the intersection of Westminster Road, the SUV struck a parked Toyota Corolla.
The car had three people inside and two standing on the outside.
Even so, all five people, and the driver of the Nissan, were taken to local hospitals for their inj…