Passenger Killed in LIE Crash With Alcohol Involvement
A male driver in an eastbound sedan was merging on the Long Island Expressway at 4:29 a.m. when a crash with two SUVs killed 23-year-old passenger Cameron Mency, whom the Daily News identified as a Long Island woman.
What We Know
At 4:29 a.m. on Nov. 19, 2023, a male driver in a 2021 Honda sedan was merging east on the Long Island Expressway in Queens when a crash involving two eastbound SUVs left one passenger dead and three motorists injured. The official record lists alcohol involvement and driver inattention or distraction for the sedan. The Daily News identified the passenger who died as Cameron Mency, 23, a Long Island woman, and reported that neighbors in her tight-knit community knew the Mency family well.
Cameron Mency was identified by the Daily News
The Daily News identified the passenger who died as Cameron Mency, 23, describing her as a Long Island woman. The article reported that the Mency family was well-known in a tight-knit Long Island neighborhood and that a neighbor said he felt as though he had lost one of his own after learning of her death.
Alcohol involvement was listed as a contributing factor
The official record lists alcohol involvement as a contributing factor for the crash and for the Honda sedan. It also lists driver inattention or distraction for the sedan. The Daily News headline described the incident as a drunk-driving crash.
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