the limo passengers were " a group of women out celebrating an upcoming event , " assistant suffolk county district attorney elizabeth miller said sunday .
miller said the gathering was not a wedding celebration .
injured but surviving the crash were four additional passengers : joelle dimonti , 25 , of elwood ; melissa crai , 23 , of scarsdale , n.y. ; alicia arundel , 24 , of setauket ; and olga lipets , 24 , of brooklyn .
then , as the driver of the limousine they had booked to help keep them safe during a trip to local wineries attempted to make a u - turn on route 48 and depot lane in cutchogue , the lives of the four friends came to a tragic end saturday .
miller spoke after the arraignment of pickup truck driver steven romeo , 55 , of southold at eastern long island hospital in greenport , where he was admitted after the wreck .
family and friends on sunday described the four women killed as vibrant and accomplished .
the four young women killed saturday when an alleged drunken driver plowed his pickup truck into the limousine they had hired for a celebratory day in the north fork wine country all called the town of smithtown home .
suffolk county district attorney thomas spota and southold town police chief martin flatley are scheduled to hold a news conference at 12:30 p.m. monday at the southhold town police department with updates about the investigation .
the limousine driver , 58 - year - old carlos pino of bethpage , was treated for non - life threatening injuries at a suffolk county hospital .