Traffic & Transit
Police ID 4 Killed In Fiery, Wrong-Way Crash On Southern State
A wrong-way driver collided head-on with an SUV, police say, killing three of its occupants and severely injuring the fourth.
![The crash happened in North Massapequa and involved four vehicles, including a motorcycle.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/5713/20200915/085035/styles/patch_image/public/ss___15083652034.png)
NORTH MASSAPEQUA, NY — State police have identified the people involved in Tuesday morning's deadly crash on the Southern State Parkway.
According to police, 33-year-old Marvin Balcaseres, of Farmingdale, was driving a 1998 Toyota Camry the wrong way in the eastbound lanes of the parkway between exits 29 and 30 in North Massapequa at 5:10 a.m. when he collided with a 2011 Nissan Rogue being driven by Ruben Sanchez-Flores, 67, of Hempstead, killing both men.
Edith Magana, 56, and Ivis Sanchez-Cordova, 34, both of Hempstead, were also in the Nissan and died in the crash. A third passenger, Nadia Sanchez-Cordova, 44, of Hempstead, was seriously injured.
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Two other vehicles were involved in the crash. Roberto Mack, 32, of Conyers, Georgia, was riding a 2000 Honda motorcycle and suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening. Steven Miller, 50, of Queens, was driving a 2011 Suzuki SUV; he was uninjured.
Police have not yet said why Balcaseres was driving the wrong way on the parkway.
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Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call 631-756-3300.
BREAKING: 4 people are dead, 2 injured in a wrong-way, head-on crash on the Southern State Parkway near exit 30 in North Massapequa. It happened around 5am. Among the dead are the wrong-way driver who was driving alone and 3 people in an SUV. pic.twitter.com/qHkYI24Ql9
— Kristin Thorne (@KristinThorne) September 15, 2020
From @wcbs880 #Chopper880: Fatal head-on crash closes EB Southen State Pky at Hicksville Rd; updates @wcbs880traffic #Every10Minutes #OnThe8s pic.twitter.com/rfuoqix1v8
— Tom Kaminski (@TomKaminskiWCBS) September 15, 2020
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