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.

FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  Credit: Newsday/File Footage; Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steven Day, Bebeto Matthews; Getty Images

'A different situation at every airport' FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.  Credit: Newsday/File Footage; Photo Credit: AP Photo/Steven Day, Bebeto Matthews; Getty Images

'A different situation at every airport' FAA data analyzed by Newsday shows the number of bird strikes voluntarily reported by airports in New York City and Long Island has increased by 46% between 2009 and 2023. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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