1 dead, 3 injured after car crashes into home in Plainview

PLAINVIEW, Long Island (WABC) -- One person was killed and three others injured when a car went out of control and crashed into the garage of a Long Island home early Sunday.

The accident happened at about 4:20 a.m. on Round Swamp Road in Plainview.

The driver apparently took a turn too fast, veered off the road, careened onto a lawn and slammed into the house.

A passenger in the car was killed.

Three other people in the car suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are recovering at a local hospital.

Four people were inside the home at the time, a husband and wife and their two young children. None were injured.

The identity of the victim has not yet been released.

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