Westbury Crash Kills Woman, Tot, Injures Driver

By Timothy Bolger Posted on September 29, 2013

A man who suffered a medical emergency crashed his car near The Source Mall in Westbury, killing a 27-year-old woman in the passenger’s seat and a 4-year-old boy in the back seat on Sunday morning.

Nassau County police said the driver, who’s also 27, was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi Galant eastbound on Old Country Road when he veered abruptly to the right, mounted the curb and struck a tree near the corner of Merchants Concourse shortly before noon.

The woman and toddler were taken to a local hospital, where they were pronounced dead shortly later.

The driver was hospitalized in stable condition for treatment of his injuries.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and impounded the car, but no charges are pending.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.