Police ID Victim in Sunday Night's Crash

Suffolk Police have released the name of the young teen who was in Sunday night's on Montauk Highway.

Brittney Walsh, 18, lived in the American Venice area of Lindenhurst, and she just graduated from Copiague High School over the weekend, according to police.

She was pronounced dead at the scene on Sunday night, police said, after her vehicle was allegedly hit by the 2004 Nissan Michael Grasing, 31, of Babylon, was driving Westbound on Montauk Highway near Buena Vista Boulevard.

Police said Grasing purportedly struck the back of Walsh's vehicle, which was also travelling Westbound, causing her vehicle to overturn and strike a utility pole.

Detective Lieutenant Robert Edwards told Newsday Walsh had been driving home after work.

"She was moving when she was hit," and her car flipped several times before hitting a utility pole, Edwards said in the Newsday.com report.

The Copiague High School graduate's parents Tom and Cheryl Walsh told Newsday they have only one solace: "She didn't suffer."

Police charged the driver of the other car, Grasing, with DWI, and he was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip for treatment of minor injuries.

The Newsday.com report said investigators were waiting for Grasing's test results, and were retracing his steps that night.

Police said he'll be arraigned on a future date at First District Court in Central Islip.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks, and the investigation is continuing.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about this crash to contact the First Precinct at 631-854-8152. All calls will remain confidential.

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