Wrong-Way Crash Kills 2 Drivers On Long Island

Police say two people have died and a third has been critically injured in a wrong-way crash on Long Island. It happened around 4 a.m. Sunday in Brookhaven. Suffolk County police say 23-year-old Kevin Melgar, of Brentwood, was driving a sedan westbound in the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway when he crashed into a van. Police say Melgar and the van’s driver, Ozcan Ayyidiz, were killed. A passenger in the van was critically wounded. A Suffolk County police officer was also injured at the crash scene after a street sweeper careened through a road barrier and crashed into the back of his police car.