1 Dead, 3 Injured in Central Islip Car Accident

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A teen driver is dead after a car accident in Central Islip. The fatal accident occured at the intersection of Suffolk Avenue and Church Street around 11:10 p.m. on Friday April 3, 2009. Seventeen year old Kevin Hernandez-Pinto was driving a 1994 Toyota Camry with three passengers on Church Street when he crashed into a taxi driven by thirty three year old Christopher Jackson. Long Island police say another vehicle, a 2007 Mazda driven by Marcia Ledwidge, was also involved.

Southfolk County EMT's transportated Hernandez-Pinto and his three passengers to Southside hospital. Emergency department doctors pronounced Hernandez-Pinto and released the passengers with non life threatening injuries. Jackson and his passenger were also taken to Southside where they were treated for neck and back injuries. Marcia Ledwidge was released.

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