Joseph Curto, of Seaford, accused of DWI, dies following crash that killed Wantagh woman
Nassau police investigate a fatal head-on collision on Seamans Neck Road in Bethpage last Tuesday. A second driver has died in the crash. Credit: Jim Staubitser
The accused drunken driver who last week was involved in a fatal head-on collision in Bethpage has died of injuries he suffered in the crash, Nassau police said Tuesday.
Joseph Curto, 54, of Seaford, died while hospitalized Saturday, police said in a statement. They provided no additional details.
Curto had been charged with driving while intoxicated after police said his northbound 2013 Honda Pilot collided with a southbound 2008 Honda Accord just before midnight last Tuesday on Seamans Neck Road.
The driver of the Accord, Cindy Saborio, 40, of Wantagh, died at the scene, authorities said.
Police said an investigation conducted at the crash scene determined Curto was intoxicated at the time of the crash.
Curto was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the crash.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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