Two killed in Laurel Hollow crash, driver charged with DWI, police say

A Syosset man was arrested and charged with aggravated vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated after an early morning crash Saturday that killed two people in Laurel Hollow, Nassau County police said.

Sotirios Spanos, 32, of Holly Lane, was driving eastbound in a 2023 Acura MDX on Northern Boulevard near Moores Hill Road when he crossed over the yellow divider and collided with a 2013 Ferrari convertible traveling westbound, police said.

The female passenger in the Ferrari, age 37, was pronounced dead at scene by a Nassau County police medic, police said. The male driver, age 37, was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff, police said.

The crash happened at 12:30 a.m., police said.

A subsequent investigation revealed that Spanos, who remained at the scene, was intoxicated at the time of the accident and he was placed under arrest without incident, police said.

The identity of the victims was being withheld pending family notification.

Spanos was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of second-degree manslaughter, two counts of second-degree assault, driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, police said.

He will be arraigned Sunday at First District Court in Hempstead.

A section of Route 25A in Laurel Hollow was temporarily shut down because of the accident investigation but was reopened at about 10 a.m., police said.

With Lorena Mongelli

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By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.