Man Killed in Pidgeon Hill Road Crash

Update:

Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a passenger and critically injured the driver last evening.

Fermin Estevez was driving a 2003 Acura south on Pidgeon Hill Road when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lane and struck a 2013 Toyota minivan at 8:20 p.m. 

Coles Jacquet, 30, of Huntington Station, a passenger in the Acura, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. 

Estevez, 23, of Greenlawn, was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital and is listed in critical condition with head injuries.

Anthony Depalo, 34, of Huntington Station, his wife, Sharon, 34, and their three children, a 5-year-old male, a 3-year-old boy, and a 6-month-old girl, were transported via Huntington Community First Aid Squad to Huntington Hospital. Depalo and his children were treated and released. His wife was treated for minor injuries.

The vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the Second Squad at 631-854-8252 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Residents reported that Pidgeon Hill Road was shut down between the South Huntington Public Library to Wolf Hill Road shortly after the crash.

Windham Drive is just north of St. Anthony's High School.

The Huntington Manor Fire Department responded to the scene.