An East Meadow man died early Tuesday morning after a car he was traveling in as a passenger crossed over the median on Sunrise Highway and crashed head-on with a pick-up truck, according to police.
Nassau County police said Anthony Sylvia, 28, was in a 2005 Nissan Maxima driven by Michael Bantel, 27, of Massapequa, heading eastbound on the highway around 4:45 a.m. in Massapequa.
Bantel was intoxicated at the time, police say.
The car allegedly crossed the median that separates the east- and westbound lanes, and collided with a 2014 Ford F-150XLT truck driven by a 37-year-old female whose name police did not release.
Sylvia was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, police say.
The 37-year-old female suffered lacerations and contusions on her head, and knee and back pain, and was transported to a local hospital.
Bantel was also admitted into a nearby hospital for non life-threatening injuries.
Bantel is charged with second-degree manslaughter, second-degree vehicular manslaughter, third-degree assault, and driving while intoxicated.
He is scheduled to be arraigned while in the hospital on Wednesday.