Steven Diamond of Farmingdale ID'd by police as passenger killed in East Meadow crash
Police at the scene of a two-car crash at Carman Ave and Salisbury Park Drive in East Meadow Sunday that left a man dead. Credit: John Scalesi
The Nassau County police on Tuesday identified a 55-year-old man killed in a weekend two-car crash in East Meadow as Steven Diamond of Farmingdale.
Diamond was a passenger in a 2024 Nissan Altima going west on Salisbury Park Drive and turning left onto Carman Avenue about 1:19 p.m. Sunday when it collided with a 2012 Nissan Maxima heading north on Carman, the police said.
The driver of the Maxima as well as Diamond and two other occupants of the Altima where taken to a hospital where Diamond was pronounced, according to the police.
The driver Maxima, the driver of the Altima, and her other passenger were treated for minor injuries, the police said.
The investigation is ongoing, police said.
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