Tuesday, January 22, 2008

DEER PARK: Driver dies after losing control of car

Deer Park man died after he apparently lost control of his car and it crossed at high speed into oncoming traffic on Bay Shore Road in Deer Park, Suffolk police said yesterday.Ivan Gonzalez, 31, was traveling west on Bay Shore Road near Bluebell Lane in his 1991 Honda at 8:55 p.m. Sunday when he struck a 2008 Toyota headed in the opposite direction, police said.He died at the scene.
The other driver, Amy Chaves, 34, of Mastic Beach, and her stepson, 13, who was a passenger in her car, were taken by North Babylon Fire Rescue to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.The Suffolk medical examiner's office will perform a post-mortem examination to determine the cause of Ivan Gonzalez's death. Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

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