Driver in Fatal Long Island Crash Charged With Homicide Nassau County prosecutors on Friday charged a Queens teenager who careered off a curve on the Southern State Parkway, killing his four teenage passengers, with vehicular homicide and other felonies after he was found to have had marijuana in his system during the crash last month. Joseph Beer, 17, was the only person in the car to survive after it slammed into a stand of trees around 3:30 a.m. on Oct. 8. Prosecutors said he had been driving more than 110 miles per hour when he lost control of the vehicle. Mr. Beer, of South Richmond Hill, faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the charges against him, which also included reckless endangerment and driving without a proper license. Prosecutors also charged his parents, Patricia and Aaditia, for allowing Mr. Beer to drive on his learner's permit, which prohibited him from driving at the early morning hour when the crash occurred. They face 15 days in jail and a $300 fine. The force of impact ripped apart the 2012 Subaru Impreza that friends said had been a gift from his parents for performing well in school, ending the lives of four of Mr. Beer's friends: Darian Ramnarie, 18, of Inwood; Peter Kanhai, 18, of South Ozone Park; Neal Rajapa, 17, of South Ozone Park; and Christopher Khan, 18, of Ozone Park. Kathleen M. Rice, the Nassau County District Attorney, said the scale of devastation was "unthinkable" and that the families of the young men had been "torn apart by this horrific crash."