State Police: Woman dead, child injured in Meadowbrook Parkway crash

A woman died and a child was injured in an alleged drunken driving crash on the Meadowbrook State Parkway early Sunday.

Nicole Pollock, 26, of Freeport was driving a 2012 Nissan Rogue in the northbound lane north of exit M7 when she struck the rear of a 2006 Kia shortly after midnight, according to State Police. The crash caused the Kia to leave the road and strike a tree.

The Kia driver, Lissette Quintanilla, 39, of Hempstead was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow where she died. Quintanilla's 8-year-old son was a passenger in the car and was taken to Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park for non-life-threatening injuries.

Pollock was charged with first-degree vehicle manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree assault, second-degree vehicular assault and DWI. No arraignment information was available online for Pollock Sunday evening, records show.

The investigation continues, and State Police are requesting that anyone who may have witnessed the incident contact State Police Farmingdale at 631-756-3300. All calls will remain confidential.

With Lisa L. Colangelo

By Vera Chinese

vera.chinese@newsday.com@VeraChinese

Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.