Two dead, four injured in multiple-car Hempstead crash

Two people are dead and four people were injured, including two children, after a two-vehicle crash in Hempstead at 11:02 p.m. on Dec. 22, Nassau police said.

A 2005 Chrysler heading east on Fulton Avenue and a 2021 Hyundai Genesis collided at Hilton Avenue. The Chrysler drove away traveling east on Fulton Avenue and then hit a 2003 Kia, a 2007 Honda and a 2020 Toyota, after not stopping for a red traffic signal at the intersection of Fulton Avenue and Main Street, according to police. 

After hitting those vehicles, the Chrysler ignited in flames that fully engulfed the car. The Hempstead Fire Department extinguished the fire.

The person driving the Chrysler was identified as Anthony Diomede, 34, of Levittown, and the passenger was James Ryder, 25, of Farmingdale. Both were pronounved dead at the scene.

The four people in the Toyota, two women 44 and 23, a girl 8 and a boy 6 were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries, police said. All the people in the other cars declined medical attention at the scene.

Police said the investigation is continuing.