The Suffolk County Police Division launched the identities of the 4 individuals killed Friday when an SUV crashed into a Long Island nail salon.
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 had been killed, the Suffolk County Police Division mentioned in a launch Saturday.
9 individuals, together with a 12 12 months outdated lady, had been injured within the crash.
Clients and workers had been at Hawaii Nail & Spa on Grand Boulevard in Deer Park when an SUV crashed by the entrance window, police mentioned.
Rennhack, one of many victims, was an off-duty New York Metropolis police officer who was getting her nails completed on the time of the crash.
She was an officer on the 102nd Precinct in Queens. A spokesperson for the New York Metropolis Police Division confirmed her demise Saturday.
The NYC Police Benevolent Affiliation mentioned its “hearts are breaking” over Rennhack’s demise.
“Please be a part of us in praying for her household, buddies and coworkers,” the affiliation mentioned in a Facebook post.
All 4 individuals killed died on the scene. 9 others, who ranged in age from 12 to 58, had been injured.
4 are being handled at space hospitals for severe however not life-threatening accidents, and 5 others had been handled at hospitals, police mentioned.
The driving force, Steven Schwally, was arrested on suspicion of driving whereas intoxicated. He stays hospitalized and will probably be arraigned a later date, the division mentioned Saturday.
Authorities allege he was driving a Chevrolet Traverse southbound at a excessive fee of pace by a parking zone when he crossed over Grand Boulevard and continued driving by the parking zone of the nail salon earlier than crashing by the window.
