News 12 Log Island has learned one person is dead and two others are
critically injured after a crash on the Long Island Expressway Monday night.
The incident happened around
10 p.m. near exit 49 south in Melville.
Suffolk police say the two
cars collided and then went off the road and into the woods.
Josue
Melendez-Florez, 19, of Hicksville, has been identified as the passenger
killed.
Kevin
Florez, 14, of Hicksville, was transported to Nassau University Medical Center
in critical condition. Cristian Florez, 18, of Hicksville, was transported to
Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.
Both
vehicles were impounded for safety inspections.