Driver In Crash That Killed 4-Year-Old Smoked Marijuana: Reports
BRENTWOOD, NY — The 19-year-old man who fatally struck a 4-year-old girl with his car while driving in Brentwood on Tuesday night was reportedly high on marijuana, according to multiple reports.
Suffolk Police say Brentwood resident Christian Yanes was driving a 2018 Honda Civic northbound on Fulton Street at 6:50 p.m. when he struck Roussy A. Cabrera Fuentes in the roadway. Cabrera Fuentes was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore and pronounced dead, police said.
Yanes was charged with driving while impaired by drugs. He was held overnight at the Third Precinct and was arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip Wednesday.