ROCKVILLE CENTRE, Long Island (WABC) -- A man has been charged after a serious car wreck on Long Island Friday night.
According to the Nassau County Police Department, a man was speeding in a 2016 Mercedes Benz convertible east on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre when he collided with a Mazda Miata at Oceanside Road.
The Mazda was split in half, and a rear tire fell off and hit the windshield of a tractor-trailer parked in the CVS parking lot.
The Mercedes overturned and landed on the south side of Merrick Road against a utility pole.
The driver of the Mercedes, Dustin B. Brandon, 27, of South Hempstead, was arrested and faces several charges, including DWI, reckless driving and reckless endangerment.
Brandon suffered non-life threatening head and leg injuries, and his female passenger suffered from a lower leg injury. The driver of the Mazda suffered from internal injuries.
They were taken to hospitals for treatment.
He was scheduled for arraignment Saturday in Hempstead.
Mercedes in Rockville Centre hits vehicle, splits it
