FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (1010 WINS) -- A young medical student was killed around 12:25 a.m. Sunday by an alleged drunken driver in Farmingdale, Long Island.
Jason Shein, 21, a medical student at Miami University, was an aspiring neurologist. He had come home for the holidays to visit his family.
According to homicide detectives, a 2000 Ford Explorer traveling east on Conklin Avenue tried to pass a vehicle by crossing over the double yellow lines when it collided head on with a 1998 Chrysler convertible. Shein, of Levittown, was driving the convertible and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Two passengers in the Chrysler were treated and released from Nassau County Medical Center. A third passenger is listed in serious condition at the same hospital.
The 46-year-old driver of the Ford Explorer was identified as Esquivel Persi of Valley Stream.
Persi was arrested and has 11 charges against him including vehicular manslaughter, felony DWI and unlicensed operation of a vehicle, police said.
He was on probation for a 2006 DWI incident, according to police.
Persi is being treated at Nassau County Medical Center, and will be arraigned when practical.
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