NASSAU, BAHAMAS — The surviving victim of last night’s deadly crash in Long Island that claimed the lives of two other men, has succumbed to his injuries in hospital.
In a Facebook post today, the mother of one of the young men who lost their lives asked to be awoken “from this nightmare”.
Trevon Roxbury, 19, and Mandie Constantakis Jr, 19, were killed at the scene, while Manoli Constantakis, 21, was airlifted to the capital.
The young men were in a Nissan Infinity that crashed into a residence in the settlement of Mangrove Bush, Long Island around 9pm.
Appeals for the public to donate blood for the survivor flooded social media, but the young man died of his injuries in hospital this morning, police confirmed.
In a Facebook post around 9.15am, Maggie Constantakis wrote: “Someone wake us up from this nightmare.”
Gia Greene, her sister-in-law, wrote: “Please say a prayer for my sister-in-law and her family.
“My nephew lost his life in a car accident in Long Island last night and his cousin is still fighting for his life.
“And ask anyone you know to donate blood at Doctors Hospital in the name of Manoli Constantakis.”
Long Island MP Adrian Gibson called the deaths a “sad day, and unprecedented tragedy”, noting the island has lost “three very promising men”.
“I write with a very heavy heart this morning,” Gibson said.
“We are all deeply anguished by their sudden demise.
“Today, we collectively mourn the passing of three of our very own.
“This is an unprecedented tragedy and our thoughts are with their families in this difficult time.”
The MP said he spoke with the parents of each of the victims and expressed support and heartfelt condolences on behalf of himself, his family and the people of Long Island.
To Long Islanders, he wrote: “Let us all bind together in support and in prayer for the families of Trevon Roxbury, 19, Mandie Constantakis Jr, 19, and Manoli Constantakis, 21.
“May their souls rest in peace.
“To Christina and Mandie Sr, Kera and Ryan and Amber and Nikolas, I grieve with you this morning.
“Long Island stands united in this grief.
“Know that we all stand in support of you and that you remain in our prayers. May the Lord’s peace be with you.”
And because of ridiculous covid restrictions, the 3rd young man lost his life, bleeding out in Long Island while waiting for a special bubble over a virus with a world wide 98% survival rate to get him to Nassau Then no one giving blood was allowed without a 30min plus wait for a negative test. 2021 and no trauma clinics in our Family Islands and people allowed to sit in tents, outside clinic, tarmacs and wait to die for lack of treatment
Newsflash, before there was covid, you still had to wait during serious accidents for airlift. Airports on the out islands close at night as there are no flights and many don’t have runway lighting; so they would have had to contact a company in Nassau to fly in. Blame Pindling and everyone afterwards for family island airports and lack of medical infrastructure (albeit the population numbers on most of these islands don’t support a medical center), instead of making a sad situation into something more.
Lord have mercy…
Requiem eternam. 🙏🕊️💔🇧🇸🇬🇷
manoli was 19, mandie was 21