Two Dead in Wrong-Way Crash

New York State police are asking for information on a crash that killed two motorists, one of whom was driving the wrong way.

On November 6 at approximately 11:30 p.m., the New York State Police responded to a two-car motor vehicle collision on the Meadowbrook State Parkway northbound just north of Bay Parkway in the Town of Hempstead. An investigation revealed that Timothy Peter Reid, age 64 of Huntington, was driving a 2020 Nissan Rogue southbound in the northbound lanes when the vehicle struck a 2013 Honda Civic being operated by Byron DeJesus Alvizures Cifuentes, age 28, of Hempstead. Reid and DeJesus Alvizures Cifuentes were pronounced dead at the scene.

The New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU), and Uniformed Troopers responded to the scene assist in the investigation.

This crash is under investigation and the State Police is asking for any witnesses or anyone with information to call (631) 756-3300.