ID Released For LI Police Officer Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Alleged Drunk Driver

The identity has been released of a police officer who was seriously injured in a crash involving an allegedly intoxicated driver at a Long Island intersection.

William Floyd Parkway and Yaphank Woods Boulevard in Yaphank.
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Joe Lombardi

11/04/2021 4:30 p.m.

The incident happened around midnight Wednesday, Nov. 3, in Yaphank.

A marked Suffolk County Police vehicle was parked in the roadway blocking traffic due to an earlier police investigation at the intersection of William Floyd Parkway and Yaphank Woods Boulevard.

The injured police officer, now identified as Timothy Thrane, age 35, was in the roadway handling traffic control when a 1999 Chevrolet pickup truck traveling southbound on William Floyd Parkway struck the rear of a GMC Yukon, then struck the police vehicle, according to Suffolk County Police.

Earlier report: Police Officer Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Alleged Drunk Driver At LI Intersection

The force of the impact caused the GMC to strike the Thrane, said Suffolk County Police.

Thrane and the driver of the Chevrolet, William Petersohn, age 38, of Mastic, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in serious condition. The driver of the GMC was not injured.

Major Case Unit detectives charged Petersohn with driving while intoxicated. He will be arraigned at a later date.

Thrane remains hospitalized at Stony Brook University Hospital.

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