Off-duty NYPD officer among 4 killed after DWI driver crashed into nail salon: 'Our hearts are breaking'

An off-duty New York Police Department officer was among four people killed Friday, when an alleged drunken driver crashed into a Long Island nail salon. 

The officer was identified as Emilia Rennhack, 30, who worked in the NYPD’s 102nd precinct. 

"The NYPD mourns the loss of @NYPD102Pct Police Officer Emilia Rennhack," police confirmed on X. "She was tragically killed yesterday while off-duty on Long Island. Please keep her family, friends, and co-workers in your thoughts. Rest in Peace."

Rennhack was at the salon getting her nails done for another officer's wedding, the New York Post reported. 

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Steven Schwally was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Suffolk County Police told Fox News Digital. 

Schwally, of Dix Hills in Long Island, was speeding through the parking lot when he crashed his Chevrolet Traverse SUV into the Hawaii Nail & Spa, police said.

"Our hearts are breaking following the tragic loss of our 102 Pct. sister P.O. Emilia Rennhack in an off-duty incident yesterday," the New York Police Benevolent Association wrote on Facebook. "Please join us in praying for her family, friends and coworkers. Funeral arrangements to follow. #RIP"

Rennhack had been with the force since 2018, police said. 

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The other three victims have been identified as Jiancai Chen, 37, Yan Xu, 41, and Meizi Zhang, 50. 

Nine others were hospitalized, including a 12-year-old girl. 

Schwally was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries and will be arraigned at a later date, police said. 

Witness Eric Perez told Fox News Digital he heard the crash.

"Sounded like glass shattering," Perez said. "Like nothing I’ve heard before."

Footage from the crash showed a massive hole in the small local business where the SUV entered the building.

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Police said Schwally drove "all the way through the building," and his SUV came to a halt at the back of the salon.

Club pro makes history at US Senior Open with consecutive holes-in-one: 'I just couldn’t believe it'

Frank Bensel Jr., a club pro from New York, made history Friday when he made consecutive holes-in-one at the U.S. Senior Open, the first ever recorded in the United States Golf Association’s history. 

Bensel, 56, described the moment as an "out-of-body experience," and the numbers support that feeling. 

According to the National Hole-in-One Registry, the odds for one player making two aces in the same round are 67 million to 1. 

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"I’ve played a lot of golf in my life, and just to see a hole-in-one in a tournament is pretty rare," Bensel said after the second round of the tournament in Newport, Rhode Island. "The first one was great; that got me under par for the day. And then the second one, I just couldn’t believe it. To even think that that could happen was amazing."

Bensel’s amazing feat began on the fourth hole, a 184-yard par 3. He did the unthinkable next when he aced his next shot, a 203-yard par 3. 

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"After these two holes-in-one, I just didn’t even know," Bensel, who splits his time between New York and Florida, said. "Oh, yeah. Everybody is going to want a lesson now, for sure — on a 6-iron."

Despite his back-to-back aces, the day did not turn out well for Bensel. Immediately after, he made four bogeys in a row and added three more on the back nine. He finished the day at 4-over 74 and missed the cut. 

"I didn’t do anything great except for kind of those shots today," he said. "I was hoping that I could have added a lot more good scoring after that to have made the cut, but that didn’t happen."

Despite an overall lackluster day, Bensel’s performance still landed him in the USGA history books. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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