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Suffolk County Police were called at around 2:15 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, with reports of a car crash in Farmingville, near Blue Point Road and Clearview Avenue.
Investigators determined that Anthony Milano, age 31, of Farmingville, had been driving westbound on Clearview Avenue when he struck a parked van before hitting a tree.
The van was unoccupied at the time, police said.
The impact killed Paige Swiecicki, age 30, of East Patchogue, who had been sitting in a backseat, according to police. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The front passenger, identified as 30-year-old Scott Johnson, of Selden, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Milano was also hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries and will be arraigned on DWI charges once he’s released.
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