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This story narrated through John Asbury, Matthew Chayes, Matt Clark, Antonio Planas and Dandan Zou is written through Planas, Zou and Chayes.
The accident that killed four other people in the early hours of Tuesday “destroyed” a family in Hempstead that now faces the loss of a beloved and hard-working patriarch as well as one of his daughters.
On Wednesday afternoon, Jorge Sánchez-Flores stood on the steps of his late older brother Ruben’s apartment in Hempstead and said the prolonged circle of devastated relatives but that until now he had many unanswered questions.
“Our circle of relatives is heartbroken,” he said, speaking in English and Spanish.
The day before, Ruben Sanchez-Flores, 67, and his daughter, Ivis Sanchez-Cordova, 34, died when a Camry to the west on the Southern State Parkway to the east to the north of Massapequa collided head-on with his Nissan Rogue in New York State. The police said.
Together with his brother and niece, the twist of the fireplace of fate also claimed the lives of two other people: Edith Magana, 56, of Hempstead, who together with Sánchez-Córdova a dishonest passenger while Rubén Sánchez-Flores led them to their work in the factory. and Camry driver Marvin Balcaseres, 33, farmingdale.
A 10-mile stretch of boardwalk near the accident, more or less from Exit 17 to Exit 30, has earned a nightmare nickname: “Blood Alley” due to rare injuries that have been fatal over the years.
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“We want answers, ” said Jorge Sánchez-Flores. ” We want to know what’s going on. “
A third rebellious passenger, Nadia Sánchez-Cordova, 44, also the daughter of Rubén Sánchez-Flores, suffered serious injuries and was transferred to the University of Nassau Medical Center in East Meadow. Relatives said he had undergone three surgeries since the accident.
State police said the collision occurred around 5:10 a. m. on Tuesday when Balcaseres hit the Rogue between exits 29 and 30. When they arrived at the accident, they discovered a “chaotic scene,” Captain George J said. Mohl, acting commander of the troop, a press convention a few hours later.
The debris and engine oil from the remains spilled over the boardwalk. The smoke from the flames increased and the drivers did their best to avoid the turn of fate before the infantrymen closed the ride east.
After the initial collision, according to state police, Steven Miller, 50, of Queens, who was driving a 2011 Suzuki gaming app vehicle, hit the Camry Balcaseres while looking to avoid the accident. Roberto Mack, 32, from Conyers, Georgia, who was driving a 2000 Honda motorcycle, also tried to avoid the wreckage, but crashed into the rubble and lost control. Mack suffered life-threatening injuries, according to state police.
A woman in the Balcaseres space in Farmingdale on Wednesday night said, “The circle of relatives is grieving now. “
She refused to comment more.
Cases of the turn of destination are still under investigation, according to Cavalier Daniel Ahlgrim, spokesman for state police, who said Wednesday afternoon that investigators were waiting for the effects of toxicology testing, tracking the driver’s direction before the accident and analyzing other aspects. .
In an interview with Newsday, Jorge Sánchez-Flores, 53, of Uniondale, said that the circle of relatives of the port city of La Ceiba, in northern Honduras, and that his older brother had lived on Long Island for more than 3 decades.
Rubén Sánchez-Flores painted as a taxi driver. When it was exhibited for paintings Tuesday in West Hempstead, his dispatcher tried to call a couple of times.
Nobody answered.
Another driving force of the taxi later told dispatcher Walter Gómez what happened after seeing Sanchez-Flores’ call in the television reports.
Gomez said Sanchez-Flores took his daughters to paint in the morning before going to paint. At the end of a shift, the taxi driver’s mail was the same: “I’ll be there tomorrow. “
“He takes care of his children and everything,” said Gomez, who worked with Sanchez-Flores on Taxi America on Woodfield Road for at least six years. “He’s on time. He’s kind, he’s reputable, he’s got trusted clients. “
Fatal steering injuries are rare on Long Island. According to the federal government’s Death Analysis System knowledge base, a driving force traveling on a one-way road was indexed as one thing in just 4 of the 2117 fatal injuries that occurred on Long Island. Island between 2009 and 2018, the highest recent knowledge available.
Eighty-six fatal injuries during the 10-year era occurred on Southern State Parkway and none of them discussed poor driving force as a factor.
Over the 10-year period, an average of 225 other people died on Long Island roads a year, adding an average of 10 in the southern state.
On Wednesday, while relatives of those affected by the accident piled up outside Rubén Sánchez-Flores’ apartment, his niece, Dorcas Córdova-Sánchez, 45, from Hempstead, said his uncle enjoyed his children.
“He died with one of them, ” he said, “and I hope the other lives. “
Ivis Sánchez-Córdova left two young men behind, family members said.
Dorcas Cordova-Sánchez said his hospitalized cousin Nadia Sánchez-Cordova had four children.
“He’s a user who served God, I hope God can give him a chance. “
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