A law enforcement official said the extended cab truck T-boned the limo, which was carrying seven women, along Route 48 around 6pm Saturday in Cutchogue on the North Fork of Long Island.
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Police said the four people killed were women, but their names had not been released as they were from the area of New York City and authorities were still locating their next of kin. He is expected to be charged with driving while intoxicated. Injured was the bride and three other female passengers along with the driver, each hospitalized.
He said the young women had been friends for years, as far back as high school, and they had taken this kind of winery tour before.
Local police initially thought that the victims were maybe bridesmaids who were out on a bachelorette trip to visit the local vineyards. Romeo was operating a skid-steer loader when a bucket fell off and struck Leone and killed him, reported the Daily News. WPIX A red SUV careened into the stretch limo on Saturday evening killing at least four people during what witnesses said was a bachelorette party near Cutchogue. However Flately indicated that the driver of the limo was also partly to be blamed for the accident because of the risky and illegal U-turn.
Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said, “this is one of the worst accidents I’ve ever seen”.
In the last several days, the collision marked the second vehicle crash with multiple fatalities on Long Island. Less than a week ago, a father and two of his children were killed when the sedan they were riding in was rear-ended and burst into flames. Only the mother was able to escape unscathed.
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Romeo, the co-owner of Southold-based Romeo Dimon Marine Service, pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor DWI charge during a bedside arraignment at Eastern Long Island Hospital Sunday.
