NY - Long Island, Car Plows into Nail Salon, 4 Dead, 9 Injured, 06/28/2024

[BenjaminJAndersonAlly]

4 dead after car crashes into LI nail salon

Authorities say four people have died and nine were injured after a minivan crashed into a nail salon on Long Island on Friday afternoon.

www.fox5ny.com

 

[Snoods]

What the heck?! This is awful. It sounds like this was deliberate.

 

[Inthedetails]

What the heck?! This is awful. It sounds like this was deliberate.

Or a stuck accelerator??

Tragic. My heart goes out to the injured, the families, and the community. A beautiful Friday summer afternoon and people at the nail salon literally plowed down.

jmo

 

[Snoods]

Or a stuck accelerator??

Tragic. My heart goes out to the injured, the families, and the community. A beautiful Friday summer afternoon and people at the nail salon literally plowed down.

jmo

Could be, could be. Or maybe someone accidentally pushing on the accelerator instead of the brakes? It just seemed odd they couldn’t say a single thing about anyone involved. A witness said he heard a speeding car, he’d never heard anything like it.

Minivan slams into a Long Island nail salon, killing 4 and injuring 9, fire official says

All of those killed and injured were inside the salon at the time.

www.khou.com

 

[imstilla.grandma]

“There were people trapped and we extricated them and transported everyone to area hospitals,” Deer Park Third Assistant Chief Dominic Albanese told Newsday.“They were trapped inside. Everybody was inside the salon.”

“It’s horrible. It’s horrible. It can be tough for the community and tougher for the volunteer fire department, but you know we’re going to get through it,” Albanese added.

The nail salon is located in a strip mall on Grand Boulevard near Commack Road that includes a liquor store and a tattoo parlor.

More than 150 firefighters and EMS workers responded to what the Deer Park Fire Department called a “mass casualty event.”

Four dead, 10 injured after van plows into Long Island nail salon

Four people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a driver plowed through a Long Island nail salon Friday, law enforcement sources said.

nypost.com

 

[Inthedetails]

"The driver of the van is believed to be one of the survivors.

Records show that the van had never received a traffic violation."

Four dead, 10 injured after van plows into Long Island nail salon

Four people were killed and nine others seriously injured when a driver plowed through a Long Island nail salon Friday, law enforcement sources said.

nypost.com

 

[BenjaminJAndersonAlly]

Driver arrested, charged with DWI in fatal Deer Park nail salon crash

It happened at Hawaii Nail and Spa on 796 Grand Blvd. at a strip mall in Deer Park on Friday afternoon.

abc7ny.com

Locals, witness, and patrons speak.

 

[Inthedetails]

Driver arrested, charged with DWI in fatal Deer Park nail salon crash

It happened at Hawaii Nail and Spa on 796 Grand Blvd. at a strip mall in Deer Park on Friday afternoon.

abc7ny.com

Locals, witness, and patrons speak.

From the link:

"The driver was taken to the hospital and was partially conscious.

'Somebody saw that the man was driving and he came from this parking lot from Kohl's and he was trying to pass somebody, and then they pretty much ran right into the nail salon and you could hear people screaming and yelling,' said Danielle Tanis."

 

[DS2021]

Police: Driver charged with DWI following deadly crash at Deer Park nail salon

Authorities say three women and one man died after 64-year-old Steven Schwally drove through Hawaii Nail & Spa on Grand Boulevard.

longisland.news12.com

Police: Driver charged with DWI following deadly crash at Deer Park nail salon

Authorities say three women and one man died after 64-year-old Steven Schwally drove through Hawaii Nail & Spa on Grand Boulevard. Nine other people were also injured in the incident.

 

[Inthedetails]

Police: Driver charged with DWI following deadly crash at Deer Park nail salon

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And he will rightfully be charged with much more.

jmo

 

[Inthedetails]

"Steven Schwally was driving a 2020 Chevy Traverse southbound at a high rate of speed through the parking lot in front of 421 Commack Road, then crossed over Grand Boulevard and continued through the parking lot of 794 Grand Boulevard, where he crashed the vehicle through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa, at 4:32 p.m."

Man Arrested for DWI After Crash into Building that Killed Four People

Schwally, 64, of Dix Hills, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated.

www.longisland.com

 

[threesevenninefour]

This exact thing happened years ago at my hair salon. Woman was drunk in the parking lot that was shared with the local wine shop…hit the accelerator instead of the brakes and went straight through the huge glass storefront while we were all inside. Thankfully, no one was hurt because no one happened to be in the lobby area at the time! The receptionist had actually just walked back to use the bathroom!

My heart breaks for the loved ones of those that lost their lives so senselessly. I really, really wish people wouldn’t drink and drive— I’m of the (very unpopular) belief that even one or two drinks is too many when you’re getting into a car to drive. But, drunk drivers ruin lives and we see it time and time again

MOO.

 

[DS2021]

Hawaii nail spa | Deer Park NY

Hawaii nail spa, Deer Park, New York. 204 likes · 1 talking about this · 1,279 were here. Spa

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[Inthedetails]

I’m of the (very unpopular) belief that even one or two drinks is too many when you’re getting into a car to drive. But, drunk drivers ruin lives and we see it time and time again

MOO.

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Not an unpopular belief with me!

My father was killed by a driver who had been drinking. It happened on a beautiful afternoon, very similar to the type of day yesterday was when this tragedy happened. (My point being, drivers under the influence are dangerous no matter the time - it's not just a nighttime or weekend hazard.)

I don't care what the legal limit is, for me it is ZERO.

jmo

 

[JoeFromLB]

Speeding through a parking lot and trying to pass somebody, while intoxicated?!
Throw the book at him! Vehicular homicide, or murder. Whatever the statutes allow. He can think about it in a prison cell for the next 20 years.

 

[JoeFromLB]

An NYPD officer is among the dead.
The van came to a stop at the back of the store! How fast was he going?!

NYPD officer among 4 dead in Deer Park nail salon crash, driver charged with DWI

 

[BenjaminJAndersonAlly]

NYPD officer, 30, getting nails done for a wedding killed in deadly LI salon crash — driver charged with DWI

An NYPD cop was killed when a car crashed into a nail salon where she was getting her nails done for a wedding in Long Island, officials said Saturday.

nypost.com

 

[DS2021]

Off-duty police officer among 4 killed in DWI crash at New York City nail salon; 9 others injured

This is not 64-year-old Steven Schwally's first DWI incident. He pleaded guilty to similar charges in March 2013.

abc7chicago.com

This is not Schwally's first DWI incident. He pleaded guilty to similar charges in Suffolk County in March 2013