Westbury Teen Killed in Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 11, 2016

A 19-year-old man was killed when he crashed his vehicle in his hometown of Westbury over the weekend.

Nassau County police said Quentin Abram was driving a Toyota southbound on Merrick Avenue at a high rate of speed when he crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and struck a tree at 8:35 a.m. Sunday.

The victim was taken to a local hospital, where he died. He was driving alone.

Third Squad detectives impounded the vehicle, found no apparent criminality and are continuing the investigation.

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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.