Police: Driver exceeded 100 mph moments before fatal Quogue crash
The crash happened in July and killed an Uber driver and four riders.
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Oct 8, 2021, 4:14 PM
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Updated 1,141 days ago
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4ds agoOfficials say the driver of a car involved in a fatal crash on Montauk
Highway in Quogue was driving faster than 100 mph.
The crash happened in July, killing an Uber driver and three passengers. A fourth passenger was critically injured in the accident.
The Quogue Village Police Department says the Nissan Maxima
that hit the Uber was traveling at approximately 106 mph just seconds before
the head-on crash. The driver of the Nissan, 22-year-old Justin Mendez, was also killed in the crash.
Police say Mendez's speed at the time of impact was 86 mph with no indication of braking.
The Uber was traveling 27 mph at the time of impact and hit
the brakes about four seconds before.
The information was recovered by state police from data from the cars’ black boxes.
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