Four people were killed and ten were injured after a vehicle crashed into a Long Island nail salon on Friday, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steven Schwally, 64, was driving a Chevy Traverse southbound at a high rate of speed through a parking lot in Deer Park at around 4:30 p.m. when he crossed a roadway and continued into another parking lot, Suffolk County Police said Saturday. Schwally then crashed through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vehicle traveled nearly all the way through to the back of the nail salon, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three women and a man were pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jiancai Chen, 37, of Bayside, Queens; Emilia Rennhack, 30, of Deer Park; Yan Xu, 41, of Flushing, Queens; and Meizi Zhang, 50, of Flushing, Queens, were identified by police Saturday as the four people who were killed in the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Authorities respond after a vehicle crashed into a building in Deer Park, New York, June 28, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rennhack was an off-duty New York police officer, according to WABC in New York. The 30-year-old officer was assigned to the 102nd precinct, the station reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The NYPD mourns the loss of @NYPD102Pct Police Officer Emilia Rennhack,” the police department said on X. “She was tragically killed yesterday while off-duty on Long Island. Please keep her family, friends, and co-workers in your thoughts. Rest in Peace.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ten people, including the driver, were transported to area hospitals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Schwally, of Dix Hills, Long Island, was “partially conscious” following the crash. He was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and remains hospitalized, according to police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He has been charged with Driving While Intoxicated and will be arraigned at a later date, police said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four of the injured victims were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Five others, including a 12-year-old girl, were treated at area hospitals for injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday offered his “deepest condolences and prayers” to the family and loved ones of Officer Rennhack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is never easy to get word that we have lost one of our own dedicated public servants \u2014 no matter the circumstances,” Adams said in a post on X<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detectives with the Suffolk County Police are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the department’s major case unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n