According to WABC, one man is dead and another injured after a drunk driver loses control of their car and crashes off the road in Long Island, New York.
Details of Fatal Drunk Driving Wreck
Rosaly Agosto, 31, was driving his SUV with two passengers on Lake Avenue in Wyandanch at around 1:00 a.m. when the fatal crash happened. Agosto tried to take a right onto Brook Avenue and lost control of the vehicle.
WABC reports that Agosto flipped the car off the road just as it started snowing. A back seat passenger in his vehicle was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip but was later pronounced dead. The passenger in the front seat of the SUV received treatment for minor injuries at the scene.
Agosto did not sustain injuries in the crash, reports WABC. Police have charged him with driving while ability impaired by drugs and alcohol.
Drunk Driving Crash Statistics
The following information regarding impaired driving is provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):
- In 2014, 9,967 people died in alcohol-impaired motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States.
- Alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities decreased by 1.4 percent from 2013 to 2014.
- Alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities have accounted for 30 to 32 percent of all crash fatalities since 1995.
- Over 1.1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics in 2014 (CDC).
