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Two Fatal Auto Accidents On Long Island
Suffolk County Police investigated two fatal auto accidents this weekend.
In one accident, Christopher Samaria, 22, of Queens, was killed shortly after midnight when he was driving his 1988 Toyota minivan southbound on Route 110 in Melville.
At the intersection of North Service Road of the Long Island Expressway, he collided with a 2004 Mini-Cooper that was westbound on the North Service Road.
James Candalino, 27, of Locust Valley was driving the 2004 Mini-Cooper. Samaria was pronounced dead at the scene.
James Candalino was transported to an area hospital where he was treated and released.
At the time of the accident the traffic lights at Route 110 was flashing yellow and the light for the Service Road was flashing red.
In the other accident, which occurred around 9:20 p.m. on Saturday, a passenger in a car was killed.
Police said that Baltazar Hernandez-Ibarra, 28, of Baiting Hollow, was operating a 1994 Volkswagen Jetta westbound on the Long Island Expressway in Manorville.
According to witnesses, Hernandez-Ibarra was driving at a high rate of speed and the car flipped over several times.
Joseue Culijay, 24, of Riverhead, a passenger in the car, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hernandez-Ibarra had fled the accident scene on foot but was located in the area a short time later by a Suffolk County Police K-9 officer.
He was arrested and charged with DWI and leaving the scene of an incident without reporting.