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Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer
Drunk Driver Behind 22-Year-Old's Death Admits Causing Long Island Crash With Tractor-Trailer An accused drunk driver has admitted to causing a late-night crash that killed his 22-year-old passenger. Carlos Orellana Mata, age 36, of East Northport, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide in Suffolk County Court on Wednesday, May 8, in the death of Lenel Umana Guitierrez Lopez. Prosecutors said Mata was drunk and speeding on Jericho Turnpike in Elwood shortly after midnight on March 18, 2023, when his SUV slammed into the back of a tractor-trailer. Lopez, of East Northport, was killed instantly. When police arrived to the scene, Mata was still in the driver’s seat and had…

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by Michael Mashburn
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DWI Crash: ID Released For East Northport 23-Year-Old Killed In Huntington DWI Crash: ID Released For East Northport 23-Year-Old Killed In Huntington
DWI Crash: ID Released For East Northport 23-Year-Old Killed In Huntington The identity has been released of a man killed in a crash involving a drunk driver near a Long Island intersection. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, March 18 in Huntington. Carlos Orellana Mata, age 35, of Bay Shore, was driving an Infiniti QX60 eastbound on Route 25, near Verleye Avenue when he drove his vehicle into the rear of a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer traveling eastbound Route 25, Suffolk County Police said. Orellana Mata’s passenger, who has now been identified as East Northport resident Leonel Lopez, age 23, was pronounced dead at the sc…

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by Joe Lombardi
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35-Year-Old From Bay Shore Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash Near Huntington Intersection 35-Year-Old From Bay Shore Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash Near Huntington Intersection
35-Year-Old From Bay Shore Charged With DWI After Fatal Crash Near Huntington Intersection A local man has been accused of driving drunk after a fatal overnight crash near a Long Island intersection. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. Saturday, March 18 in Huntington. Carlos Orellana Mata, age 35, of Bay Shore, was driving an Infiniti QX60 eastbound on Route 25, near Verleye Avenue when he drove his vehicle into the rear of a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer traveling eastbound Route 25, Suffolk County Police said. Orellana Mata’s passenger, who has not yet been positively identified, was pronounced dead at the scene.  The driver of the tractor-tr…

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by Joe Lombardi