Crime & Safety

State Police: DWI Arrest in Fatal Dix Hills Crash

Yunior Josue Bonilla is charged with DWI after crash on Northern State Parkway kills a 26-year-old passenger.

A 26-year-old died in a crash on the Northern State Parkway in Dix Hills early Monday morning and the driver of the vehicle is under arrest for driving while intoxicated, State Police said.

Police say Yunior Josue Bonilla, 25, of Brentwood, lost control of a 2002 Mercedes CLK that was travelling at a high rate of speed on the parkway.

An investigation revaled that Bonilla and three other passengers were headed back to Brentwood from a nighclub in Westbury when the accident occurred, police said.

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The front seat passenger, identified as Gabriel Herrera-Mina, 26, of Brentwood, who was not wearing his seat belt, was critically injured and transported to Huntington Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Two other passengers, also from Brentwood, were treated for minor injuries and released.

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Witnesses stated that Bonilla had been observed drinking at the night club prior to driving the car, police said.  The eastbound Northern State Parkway was closed to traffic for more than six hours while the crash was being investigated Monday morning, police said.

Other charges against Bonilla are pending further investigation, police said.

Anyone who may have witnessed this accident is urged to contact the New York State Police at 631-756-3300 or 631-231-6389. All calls will be confidential.


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