Valley Stream woman dead, passenger injured after car hits tree on Meadowbrook State Parkway, police say

One woman was killed and another injured early Tuesday after their out-of-control car left the road on the southbound Meadowbrook State Parkway, striking a tree, state police said.

Police said the single-car crash occurred at about 1:30 a.m. just north of the Southern State Parkway.

Police are investigating speed as a factor, saying the 2010 Nissan was traveling “at a high rate of speed.”

Police said the driver, Raquel Liberte, 20, of Valley Stream, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger, Evelissa Ducatel, 20, of Valley Stream, was transported to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Additional details were not immediately available.

Police said the investigation is continuing.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”