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Victims Identified in Fatal Newbridge Road Crash

Nassau County Police have identified the two victims in Tuesday's fatal car accident on Newbridge Road in Bellmore.

Killed in the accident were 28-year-old Telvina Zavala, of Hempstead, and 47-year-old Cipriano Perez, of North Bellmore, police said.

Nassau County detectives said that while driving northbound on Newbridge Road, the driver of a 1998 Mack “front loading” refuse truck was involved in a collision with a 2002 Hyundai driven by Perez. The Hyundai was traveling eastbound on Camp Avenue when it entered the intersection.

Zavala was sitting in the front passenger seat and was pronounced deceased  at the scene.

Perez and a 31-year-old female rear seat passenger were removed to a local hospital. A short time later, Perez was pronounced deceased by a staff physician. The rear seat passenger, from Westbury, was admitted with non-life threatening injuries and is listed in stable condition, police said.

The driver of the refuse truck suffered minor arm pain and refused medical attention at the scene, police said.

Both vehicles were impounded from the scene for brake and safety inspections and no criminality was involved in the accident.


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