Three teens killed in Holtsville motor vehicle crash

Updated Dec. 23

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a male teenage driver and two passengers in Holtsville on Dec. 21.  Cem Gunes was driving a 2009 Infinity G37 northbound on Nicolls Road with a female and a male passenger, when the vehicle left the roadway by Division Street and crashed into a wooded area at 9:43 p.m.

Gunes, 16, of Holtsville, Taylor Beltramini, 17, of Moriches, and Landon Kromhout Auditore, 18, of Mastic, were pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.

The investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.