Suffolk County police arrested Steven Schwally, 64, and charged him with DWI after the crash Friday in Deer Park.
Witnesses noticed SUV swerving earlier than crash
Schwally was driving a 2020 Chevy Traverse out of a Kohl’s parking zone on Grand Boulevard simply earlier than 5 p.m., in keeping with police.
Witnesses stated they noticed the SUV swerving earlier than it smashed into the Hawaii Nail and Spa throughout the road.
“It seems a motorist drove by the constructing, right through the constructing,” Deer Park Assistant Fire Chief Dominic Albanese stated on the scene.
Authorities stated a number of individuals had been trapped contained in the salon and wanted to be rescued.
Four individuals killed, 9 hospitalized
Nine individuals had been rushed to close by hospitals, together with one who was airlifted. A person and three girls had been pronounced lifeless on the scene.
“It’s horrible. It’s going to be robust for the neighborhood, robust for the volunteer hearth division, however we’ll get by it,” stated Albanese.
The names of the victims who died weren’t instantly launched. It stays unclear in the event that they had been salon staff, clients or each.
“I do not even know who’s gone, who’s not gone. I simply maintain picturing their faces in my head,” stated Jasmin Darbouze, a daily buyer on the Hawaii Nail and Spa.
Schwally, of Dix Hills, was hospitalized with minor accidents. He shall be arraigned at a later date, police stated.
