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Female NYPD Officer Among The Four Dead After Drunken Driver Slams Into Nail Salon

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Off-duty NYPD Officer Emilia Rennhack was one of the four people killed by a speeding drunk driver who plowed his minivan Friday through a crowded Long Island nail salon, according to Saturday.

Rennhack was getting her nails done for an upcoming wedding when Steven Schwally crashed his 2020 Chevy Traverse through the front window of Hawaii Nail & Spa in Deer Park at about 4:30 p.m., Suffolk County police said.

Rennhack, 30, had been married less than a year herself, colleagues said. In September, she and NYPD Detective Carl Rennhack were wed at Giorgio’s of Baiting Hollow, also in Suffolk County.

Two other women and a man also died in the crash, officials said.

Cops identified the women as Yan Xu, 41, and Meizi Zhang, 50, both from Flushing, Queens. The man was identified as Jiancai Chen, 37, of Bayside, Queens.

Another eight women and a man were injured and rushed to area hospitals for treatment. One injured victim was a 12-year-old girl, according to police.

Read the full story at the New York Daily News

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