The scene of the crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Holbrook that...

The scene of the crash on Veterans Memorial Highway in Holbrook that left three people dead Wednesday. Credit: James Carbone

Three people were killed, including an 11-year-old girl, in a crash involving a sport utility vehicle and a motorcycle Wednesday afternoon in Holbrook, Suffolk County police said.

The crash occurred near the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and Coates Avenue about 1:20 p.m. Veterans Highway reopened after being closed for several hours in both directions south of Long Island MacArthur Airport while police investigated. 

Police identified the drivers and the child killed in the crash Wednesday evening.

Emanuel Dandrea, 74, of Shoreham, was driving a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox making a left turn from westbound Veterans Memorial Highway onto southbound Coates Avenue and collided with a 2002 Honda motorcycle traveling east on Veterans Highway, police said.

Dandrea and the motorcyclist, Alaaeldien Elfaham, 23, of Deer Park, were both declared dead at the scene, police said. 

An 11-year-old girl, Alanna Lika, of Holbrook, also died of her injuries from the crash, and an unidentified 8-year-old girl in the Equinox, who had non-life-threatening injuries, was  taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital.

Police ask anyone with information to call Fifth Squad detectives at 631-854-8552.

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