The motorist who crashed into two cars on the Long Island Expressway, killing six people, including a former aide to Gov. Cuomo, may have been going as fast as 100 mph, according to media reports.
Carmelo Pinales was likely speeding when he lost control of his Subaru Outback in an eastbound lane of the LIE near exit 68 in the Suffolk County town of Manorville about 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
The SUV jumped the median and smashed into a BMW and a Honda, which were going west.
Pinales, 26, of Hicksville, likely crashed when he tried to avoid cars that had slowed in a construction zone, Suffolk County Chief of Detectives Gerard Gigante told Newsday. Work was not going on at the time of the accident, Gigante said.
Scott Martella, the 29-year-old driver of the Honda, was also killed. His fiancée, Shelbi Thurau, was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
In addition to serving as an aid to Cuomo, Martella was also once the communications director for Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.
Isidore Adelson, 81, a passenger in the BMW was also killed, along with his wife, Helen, 71. Two of their friends were also injured in the crash.
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