Cops: Woman arrested on manslaughter, DWI charges after fatal Hempstead crash

A Uniondale woman who was allegedly driving while intoxicated was arrested early Saturday, police said, after a fatal crash in Hempstead that also hospitalized three people.

Tasha Brown, 27, of Southern Parkway, was driving a 2016 Toyota Corolla with three passengers west on Front Street at 4:35 a.m. when she struck multiple parked cars at Hendrickson Avenue, according to Nassau County police.

A Massapequa man, 29, whom police did not identify, was sitting in one of the parked cars and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

All four people in the Toyota were injured and taken to a hospital, police said. Two of the passengers, a 28-year-old female and 54-year-old male, were in serious but stable condition. Brown also was admitted to the hospital with injuries. A third passenger, a 29-year-old female, was treated and released.

Brown was arrested after the accident investigation, at 4:50 a.m., police said. She was charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, DWI, four counts of second-degree assault, three counts of third-degree assault, second-degree reckless endangerment and reckless driving.

Brown will be arraigned when medically practical, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.