Freeport man killed in crash with van

A Freeport man died Sunday night when his car sped through a red light at the intersection of Atlantic and South Bayview Avenues in Freeport and was hit by a van, the police said.James Lachere, 40, of South Ocean Avenue in Freeport, was driving east on Atlantic Avenue at 7:03 p.m. Sunday when his 1992 Saturn was hit by a Chevrolet van driven by Tito Centeno, 33, of Hampton Place in Freeport, Suffolk county police said.Centeno had the green light as he headed south through the intersection, the police said.
Lachere was pulled from his car and brought to South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside where he was pronounced dead at 7:38 p.m.The driver of the van and his six passengers were taken to area hospitals by Freeport, Baldwin, Merrick, Nassau County Fire and Nassau County Police Department ambulances. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening.Both vehicles were impounded for brake and safety tests, homicide detectives said.