GONE: Christopher Khan (above), Peter Anthony, Darian Ramnarine and Neal Rajapa all died in an early-morning wreck yesterday when their friend lost control of the wheel.
Peter Anthony
Darian Ramnarine
Neal Rajapa
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An unlicensed 17-year-old driver joyriding along a dangerous Long Island highway with high-school friends lost control of the vehicle and killed four of his pals yesterday, authorities said.
Joseph Beer, who has only a learner’s permit, skidded off a section of the Southern State Parkway known as “Dead Man’s Curve” and slammed into several trees — slicing his car in half.
“They’re all dead! They’re all dead!” Beer, from Queens, wailed while searching for his friends near his totaled 2012 Subaru Impreza — which he got just weeks ago, witnesses said.
The Ozone Park resident should not have been on the road at the time of the 3:40 a.m. accident. His learner’s permit bars him from driving between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., and he needed to be accompanied by a licensed driver at least 21 years old.
He also wasn’t allowed to have more than one passenger who’s not a family member under the age of 21 in the car.
The victims, identified by family and friends as Christopher Khan, Darian Ramnarine, Peter Anthony and Neal Rajapa, were all 18.
“He should not have been driving, period,” said Khan’s heartbroken father, Somdat Bhawn.
The four victims all graduated in June from Richmond Hill HS, which Beer still attends.
Beer was headed westbound on the rain-slicked parkway near Exit 17 in Hempstead,
He approached the deadly section — which has an incline, curve and a blind spot — and then lost control and slid across two lanes into the shoulder, where he hit the trees, police said.
Everyone inside the car was ejected — the roadway was littered with cellphones, sneakers and an iPad case.
State Police are investigating whether Beer was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and if everyone in the car was wearing a seat belt.
“He wanted to start college,” Bhwan said of his son.
“He wasn’t supposed to leave the house.”
Bhwan said his wife, Bibi, was already mourning the recent passing of her mother and now has to bury her son. “I don’t know how much more she can take.”Additional reporting by Christina Carrega, Daniel Prendergast, Kevin Sheehan