Long Island police said Steven Schwally, 64, was drunk and speeding when he crashed an SUV into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine.
DEER PARK , N.Y. -- An SUV driver was drunk and speeding when he crashed into a nail salon, killing four people and injuring nine, on New York's Long Island, police said Saturday. Suffolk County police arrested Steven Schwally, 64, and charged him with DWI after the crash Friday in Deer Park . Witnesses saw SUV swerving before crashSchwally was driving a 2020 Chevy Traverse out of a Kohl's parking lot on Grand Boulevard just before 5 p.m., according to police.
Authorities said several people were trapped inside the salon and needed to be rescued. Four people killed, nine hospitalized Nine people were rushed to nearby hospitals, including one who was airlifted. A man and three women were pronounced dead at the scene.'It's horrible. It's going to be tough for the community, tough for the volunteer fire department, but we're going to get through it,' said Albanese. The names of the victims who died were not immediately released.
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