{"id":327864,"date":"2026-08-23T16:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327864\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T16:10:14","slug":"driver-who-died-crashing-suv-into-long-island-pool-idd-as-beloved-jewish-teacher-mom-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/327864\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver who died crashing SUV into Long Island pool ID&#8217;d as beloved Jewish teacher, mom of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The driver who died after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/22\/us-news\/woman-dies-after-plunging-suv-long-island-swimming-pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">crashing her SUV into a backyard swimming pool on Long Island<\/a> was a mom of four who taught at a local Jewish school.<\/p>\n<p>Allison Rahmani, 40, was behind the wheel when she lost control of her car, which plunged into the swimming pool at her home in Hewlett, Nassau County, on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/jewish-teacher-mother-of-four-dies-in-long-island-car-accident\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">JNS reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rahmani was able to call for help but died in an ambulance en route to the hospital, a source close to the family told JNS.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40471366\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/allison-rahmani-jewish-teacher-mother-138268770.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Rahmani and her husband, Matthew, posing together on a balcony overlooking the ocean.\" class=\"wp-image-40471366\"\/>Allison Rahmani, pictured with husband, Matthew, died after she plunged her SUV into a Long Island swimming pool. Matthew Rahmani\/Facebook<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40471371\" width=\"485\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/nbc-new-york-https-www-138232994.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a white SUV partially submerged in a backyard swimming pool.\" class=\"wp-image-40471371\" style=\"width:485px;height:auto;aspect-ratio:0.82226563;display:block\"\/>Rahmani reportedly able to call for help but died in an ambulance en route to the hospital. NBC New York<\/p>\n<p>The mom of four was a teacher and math coordinator at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, while her husband, Matthew, is president of Irving Place Minyan Modern Orthodox synagogue in Woodmere.<\/p>\n<p>Tributes were paid to Rahmani under a community <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100068255204864\/posts\/allison-rahmani-a-jewish-teacher-and-mother-of-four-died-after-losing-control-of\/1535161992102293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Facebook post<\/a> sharing the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTragic! She was the most amazing person. I can\u2019t believe she\u2019s gone,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways a smile, a friendly chat. Baruch dayan ha\u2019emet [Blessed is the true judge], &amp; condolences to her family,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a LIGHT that shined from the minute she walked in til the minute she left. Always appreciative and kind to us all. She will be missed,\u201d wrote a third.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The driver who died after crashing her SUV into a backyard swimming pool on Long Island was a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8141,11648,318,776,57,774,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-327864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-cars","tag-drownings","tag-freak-accidents","tag-long-island","tag-metro","tag-nassau-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}