A Long Beach man, Christhian Velasquez-Galeano, is facing multiple charges, including manslaughter, after allegedly crashing his car into a tree while intoxicated. Velasquez-Galeano fled the scene with one passenger, leaving a third passenger, identified as 27-year-old Marco Antonio Zuniga, behind. Zuniga was pronounced dead at the scene. The fleeing suspect and passenger were apprehended by a Garden City police officer who followed footprints in the snow.
A Long Beach man is facing multiple charges after authorities say he crashed his car into a tree and then fled on foot with one of his passengers, leaving another passenger in the car. That passenger in the car was later pronounced dead. Christhian Velasquez-Galeano allegedly drove drunk and struck a tree in the early hours of Sunday morning in Garden City . Police said it happened on Stewart Avenue near Nassau Boulevard.
According to court documents, Velasquez-Galeano fled the car with one of his passengers, leaving a third person behind. That person, identified as 27-year-old Marco Antonio Zuniga of Long Beach, was later pronounced dead. According to court documents, the defendant and passenger he fled with were found to be hiding in bushes by a Garden City police officer. That officer followed footsteps in the snow which court documents say led him to the men on Nassau Boulevard
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