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Riverhead police investigate a multivehicle crash on Cross River Drive...

Riverhead police investigate a multivehicle crash on Cross River Drive on Wednesday evening that left one man dead.  Credit: Newsday / Steve Pfost

A Riverhead man was killed and the man driving the car he was riding in was charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash involving seven vehicles Wednesday, Riverhead police said.

Christian Aroldo Mendoza-Baquiax, 38, was driving a 2010 Acura when he collided with other vehicles on Cross River Drive, south of Riverside Drive, in Riverhead around 6:18 p.m.

The Acura overturned in the crash, police said.

A passenger in the Acura, Nelson Gudiel Reyes Muxin, 33, of Riverhead, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Mendoza-Baquiax was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.

Four other people were also transported to a hospital for injuries that were not life-threatening.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information about the crash can call the Riverhead Police Department at 631-727-4500.

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