Cops: Driver arrested after passenger killed in Wyandanch crash

Rosaly Agosto, 31, of Dix Hills, was charged with impaired... — Rosaly Agosto, 31, of Dix Hills, was charged with impaired driving after his car overturned early Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, in Wyandanch, killing a passenger, Suffolk County police said. Credit: Paul Mazza, SCPD

By William Murphybill.murphy@newsday.comJanuary 6, 2017

A Dix Hills man was charged with impaired driving after his car overturned early Friday in Wyandanch, killing a passenger, police said.

Rosaly Agosto, 31, was awaiting arraignment in First District Court in Central Islip on a charge of driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol, Suffolk County police said.

Agosto was eastbound on Lake Place about 12:50 a.m. when he lost control of his 2004 Ford Explorer as he attempted to make a right turn onto Brook Avenue, police said.

A passenger in the back seat, identified as Solomon Maithya, 46, of Wyandanch, was killed, police said.

A passenger in the front seat, Miguelina Rodriguez, 29, of Dix Hills, was treated at the scene, police said.

Agosto was not injured, police said.

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