2 Mineola Teens Killed in Car Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on March 5, 2014

Two 19-year-old Mineola men died after one of them crashed the car they were in early Wednesday morning in Roslyn Heights.

Nassau County police said Steven Clancy was driving his 2004 Volkswagen Jetta northbound on Roslyn Road when he lost control of the car and struck a curb near Locust Lane at 1:15 a.m.

The car hit a tree in the rear yard of an Oak Lane residence before coming to a rest, police said.

Both teens were pronounced dead within minutes of the crash.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation into the cause of the crash.

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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.