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Car split completely in half after crash; everyone survives

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (AP) – Police say a speeding drunken driver smashed into another car on Long Island in New York, causing the hit car to split in half.

Miraculously, nobody suffered life-threatening injuries.

Police say Dustin Brandon was driving a Mercedes-Benz convertible Friday night when he collided with a Mazda Miata in Rockville Centre.

The impact caused the Mercedes to overturn and the Mazda was cut in half.

Brandon and his 25-year-old female passenger had to be extricated from the Mercedes. He suffered head and leg injuries. She suffered a lower leg injury.