A Dix Hills man pleaded guilty Friday to aggravated vehicular assault and other charges after prosecutors said he drove while impaired by marijuana, fled an initial crash and caused a wrong-way pileup on Deer Park Avenue that injured five people.
Miandad Khan, 38, pleaded guilty Aug. 28 before Suffolk County Supreme Court Justice John B. Collins in connection with the May 17, 2025, crash in Deer Park, Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said.
According to court documents and Khan’s admissions during his plea, Khan was driving a 2016 Mercedes-Benz E350 north on Deer Park Avenue at about 3:20 p.m. when he struck a 2020 Acura near Jacqueline Way.
Prosecutors said Khan then accelerated across the landscaped center median and entered the opposite side of Deer Park Avenue while attempting to leave the scene.
While traveling north in the southbound lanes, Khan struck a Honda SUV occupied by two teenagers, causing the vehicle to spin out, authorities said.
Khan continued through the intersection at Grand Boulevard and then crashed head-on into a Toyota RAV4 occupied by a couple in their 70s, according to prosecutors. The impact caused both vehicles to crash into other cars stopped at the traffic light.
The elderly couple had to be removed from their vehicle and were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital, where they underwent surgery for facial and spinal fractures, prosecutors said.
The two teenagers in the Honda were also taken to Good Samaritan Hospital and treated for minor injuries. The driver of the Acura received medical treatment at the hospital as well.
Investigators later determined that Khan was impaired by marijuana, and prosecutors said he admitted consuming marijuana before the crashes.
“This defendant not only drove while impaired and hit another vehicle, but he then tried to flee the scene by speeding into oncoming traffic,” Tierney said, adding that the crashes left multiple people injured and vehicles wrecked.
Khan pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated vehicular assault, a Class C felony; two counts of second-degree assault, Class D violent felonies; driving while ability impaired by drugs, an unclassified misdemeanor; and third-degree assault, a Class A misdemeanor.
He is expected to receive a sentence of two to six years in prison when he returns to court Oct. 30.
Khan is represented by attorney William Keahon.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Alexander Bopp of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office Vehicular Crime Bureau, with investigative assistance from Suffolk County Police Detective Joseph Bianco of the Major Case Unit.
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