Inwood man killed in single-car crash
Luis Zepeda,30, of Inwood died in this one-car accident, which occurred shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of West Broadway and Clinton Avenue in Cedarhurst, Nassau County police said. Firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department extinguished the fire, and Nassau County police responded to the scene. The driver was taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside where he died a short time later; the passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injures. (July 16, 2011) Credit: Joseph C. Sperber
An Inwood man was killed and his passenger injured in an early morning accident Saturday in Cedarhurst.
Nassau County police said Luis Zepeda, 30, of Robert Road, was driving his 2004 Nissan Maxima at 2 a.m. when he lost control of the car and struck a tree as he was turning from West Broadway onto Clinton Avenue.
Zepeda was bleeding internally and had a right hip fracture; his passenger, a 29-year-old man, suffered cuts to his left knee, police said.
Both were taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside where Zepeda was pronounced dead at 5:52 a.m.
The vehicle was impounded for a safety check, but police said it appeared no laws were broken.
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