SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Four people are dead and nine others are injured after a minivan crashed into a nail salon in Deer Park, New York, Friday afternoon, police said.
The crash happened at a nail salon on Grand Boulevard around 4:42 p.m., according to police.
Four people were pronounced dead at the scene. Nine others, including the driver who crashed into the Long Island nail salon, were hospitalized with injuries, officials said.
The four people who died were inside the nail salon at the time of the crash, police said. It’s unknown at this time if they were customers or employees of the nail salon.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
A section of Grand Boulevard from Commack Road to Brandywine Drive is currently blocked off to traffic.
A row of police cars are lining the street as multiple fire trucks and people surround the active scene. A video posted to Citizen showed a swarm of first responders outside the nail salon.
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Matthew Euzarraga is a multimedia journalist from El Paso, Texas. He has covered local news and LGBTQIA topics in the New York City Metro area since 2021. He joined the PIX11 Digital team in 2023. You can see more of his work here.
