WEST HILLS, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- Suffolk County Police arrested a man Tuesday night for driving while intoxicated after a fatal car crash on Long Island.
Just after 8 p.m., Leo Flores Gracias, 26, was driving a 2017 Honda Accord northbound on Sweet Hollow Road, south of Chichester Road in West Hills, when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a 2010 Toyota Prius head on, officials said.
Marlon Nunez, 23, was a passenger in the back seat of the Honda and was transported to Plainview Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Flores Gracias was airlifted via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
Two other passengers in the Honda were transported to area hospitals for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
The 25-year-old driver of the Toyota was transported to Huntington Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
Flores Gracias was charged with Driving While Intoxicated. He will be arraigned at a later date.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6555.
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