Deer Park Beauty Salon Accident: Vigil to Be Held for Police Officer Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver on Long Island
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Deer Park Beauty Salon Accident: Vigil to Be Held for Police Officer Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver on Long Island

DEER PARK, Long Island (WABC) — Family, friends and community will pay tribute to NYPD Officer Emilia Rennhack this weekend on Long Island.

Rennhack was one of four people killed when a drunk driver crashed into a beauty salon in Deer Park last Friday.

In the picture from left to right: Jiancai Chen, Emilia Rennhack and Meizi Zhang

In the picture from left to right: Jiancai Chen, Emilia Rennhack and Meizi Zhang

Also killed in the crash were Jiancai “Kenny” Chen, 37, of Bayside, Queens, Yan Xu, 41, of Flushing, Queens, and Meizi Zhang, 50, of Flushing, Queens.

The 30-year-old was off duty at the time because she was getting her nails done before her wedding.

Her wake will be held Friday at New Hyde Park Funeral Home from 2:00-4:30 and 7:00-9:30 p.m.

Officer Rennhack’s funeral will also be held there on Saturday at noon.

Officer Rennhack was assigned to the 102nd Precinct in Queens, where her husband is a detective.

According to police, Steven Schwally, 64, was drunk when he drove an SUV into the Hawaii Nail Salon.

Schwally, of Dix Hills, has been charged with driving under the influence and additional charges could still be filed against him.

This isn’t Schwally’s first DWI incident. He pleaded guilty to similar charges in Suffolk County in March 2013.

Schwally was arrested Monday afternoon in Central Islip on $1 million bail.

Prosecutors say he is a Marine Corps veteran and lives in a motel in Commack.

He told police he drank 18 beers the night before the accident and stopped drinking at 4 a.m.

Schwally is due in court again on July 12.

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