Man Killed In Suffolk DWI Crash Identified: Police

NORTH BABYLON, NY — Police have identified the man killed in a North Babylon DWI crash Sunday night as John McHale, 67, of North Babylon.

A man was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated after the crash, which killed McHale and seriously injured another passenger in North Babylon Sunday night, police said.

According to Suffolk County police, David Valles, 31, of North Babylon, was driving a 1987 Ford Mustang on Bay Shore Road, near Duke Street, when the vehicle veered off the roadway and struck a pole, at. 6:09 p.m.

McHale was pronounced dead at the scene; a female passenger, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was transported with serious injuries to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, police said.

Valles was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Valles was arrested and charged with DWI, police said, adding that the vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Major case unit detectives are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 631-852-6555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.