Find Your Daily Voice
Suffolk
Your Local News for Suffolk County, New York
Sunday, apr 28
46°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Suffolk
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
46°
Sunday, apr 28
Tag:
Fatal Accident
Police & Fire
Double-Fatal Long Island Crash: Car Strikes 3 Vehicles After Fleeing From Earlier Collision
Two people were killed after a car that fled the scene of an earlier crash struck three other vehicles overnight on Long Island, according to authorities. Click here for a new, updated story -- Update: IDs Released For 2 Killed During Hempstead Crash The chain of events began just after 11 p.m. Friday, Dec. 22 in Hempstead. A 2005 Chrysler traveling eastbound on Fulton Avenue was involved in a collision with a 2021 Genesis, occupied by four people, at Hilton Avenue. The 2005 Chrysler then fled the scene eastbound on Fulton Avenue and hit three vehicles -- a 2023 Kia, a 2007 Honda,…
News
New Update: ID Released For Man Killed In Hit-Run Crash Near Farmingville Intersection
Authorities have identified a man who was killed after being struck by two vehicles, one of which fled the scene, near a Long Island intersection. The incident happened around 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 in Farmingville. Suffolk County Police said the man was crossing northbound on Horseblock Road near Raymond Avenue when he was struck by an unknown vehicle traveling westbound. Earlier Report: Fatal Hit-Run Crash: Man Struck By 2 Vehicles Near Farmingville Intersection As he was lying in the roadway, a Subaru Impreza struck the victim, then spun and crashed into a fire hydrant, a tree, …
News
Man Charged With Fatal Holtsville Hit-Run
A Long Island man is facing charges six months after he allegedly struck a 42-year-old woman and fled, leaving her to die on the side of the road. Fifty-two-year-old Steven Syrop of Holtsville faced his indictment on Wednesday, Nov. 8 for the incident that killed Jennifer Bianco, age 41, of Bay Shore, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced. Earlier Report - Update: Alleged Hit-Run Driver Surrenders Months After Bay Shore Woman's Death Nearly six months prior, on Sunday, May 21, Syrop was driving his blue 2020 Chevy Silverado south on North Ocean Avenue in Holtsville. At …
Police & Fire
Man Killed As Jeep Bursts Into Flames After Crashing Into Pole On Montauk Highway In Moriches
Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle overnight crash on Long Island. Click here for a new, updated story: ID Released For 25-Year-Old Killed In Fiery Long Island Crash It happened around 1 a.m. Friday, Oct. 13 in Moriches. A man was driving a 2018 Jeep Suburban westbound on Montauk Highway when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a utility pole in front of 245 Montauk Highway, Suffolk County Police said. Upon impact, the vehicle caught fire. The driver, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene…
News
'Inexcusable': Man Indicted For Fatal Central Islip Hit-Run
A Long Island man has been indicted in a fatal overnight hit-and-run where he allegedly stopped his car, looked at the person he hit, and continued to drive away, officials announced. On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the Suffolk County District Attorney announced Raynard Williams’ arraignment for the Monday, July 31 Central Islip crash that killed 68-year-old Paul Benjamin. Original story: Fatal Hit-Run Update: Suspect Nabbed In Crash That Killed 68-Year-Old In Central Islip Paul Benjamin was walking across Carleton Avenue at the Elmore Street intersection at approximately 8:30 p.m. on that…
Police & Fire
Double-Fatal Hit-Run Crash: Victims Struck By SUV In Front Of Farmingville Shopping Center
Two men were killed in an overnight crash in front of a Long Island shopping center. It happened around 11:20 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 in Farmingville. The victims were crossing the roadway in front of 755 Horseblock Road, when they were struck by a vehicle that fled the scene northwest on Horseblock Road, Suffolk County Police said. Ekrem Sahinbey Polat, age 27, of Middle Island, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Battal Koc, age 38, Bay Shore, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital…
Police & Fire
Fatal Hit-Run Crash: Woman Struck By SUV At Huntington Station Intersection
Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash at a Long Island intersection. It happened just before 4 a.m. Saturday, March 4 in Huntington Station. The victim, a 49-year-old woman, was crossing Jericho Turnpike at Oakwood Road when she was struck by a vehicle traveling westbound on Jericho Turnpike, Suffolk County Police said. The woman, Bernarda Fernandez, a resident of Huntington Station, was transported to Huntington Hospital where was pronounced dead. The vehicle fled the scene northbound on Oakwood Road. Detectives believe the vehicle is a small …
Police & Fire
Driver Found Dead Hours After Crashing Into Utility Pole In Commack, Police Say
A driver was found dead four hours after an early morning, single-vehicle crash on Long Island. The crash happened in Commack at about 4 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29, but was not discovered until about 8 a.m. that day, the Suffolk County Police Department reported. A man was driving a vehicle south at a high rate of speed on Motor Parkway near Shinbone Lane and failed to negotiate a curve in the road, said police. Authorities said the vehicle crashed into a utility pole and traveled into a wooded area. Hours later, a passing motorist discovered the crash and called 911. The man, who wa…
Police & Fire
18-Year-Old Lindenhurst Woman Killed, 2 Critically Injured In Southern State Parkway Crash
Police are investigating an overnight crash on Long Island that left an 18-year-old dead and two others critically injured. State Police received multiple calls of the crash on the Southern State Parkway eastbound just west of exit 32 in the town of Oyster Bay at around 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2018 Subaru, driven by a 27-year-old man from Laurelton, Queens, was traveling eastbound in the center lane and a 2004 Honda Civic, driven by Ciara Hare, age 18, of Lindenhurst, New York State Police said. The Subaru moved from the center lane into the rig…
Police & Fire
Man Killed After Being Struck By FedEx Truck On Long Island Expressway Service Road
A man was killed after being struck by a FedEx truck on a Long Island Expressway service road. The crash happened around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27 in North Hills. The 56-year-old man was riding his bicycle westbound on the North Service Road of the LIE when he was struck by the truck near the intersection of Searingtown Road, Nassau County Police said. The victim sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at scene by a Nassau County Police Medic. His identity has not yet been released. The 25-year-old male FedEx driver remained at the scene. The investigation is ongoing…
News
28-Year-Old From Bay Shore Dies In Single-Vehicle Crash On Northern State Parkway
A 28-year-old man was killed early Thursday, Sept. 22, in a single-vehicle crash on a Long Island highway. State Police in Nassau County were called shortly after 1 a.m. with reports of a motorcycle crash in North Hempstead on the Northern State Parkway. Investigators determined that Jose Campos-Orellana, of Bay Shore, was traveling westbound when he struck a guardrail near exit 29A. The westbound exit is located just before the highway makes a sharp curve to the left. After striking the guardrail, Campos-Orellana was ejected from his bike and landed in a nearby wooded area, according to …
Police & Fire
Impaired Driver Charged After Fatal Long Island Crash, Police Say
Updated story: ID Released For 23-Year-Old Killed In Wantagh Crash Involving Impaired Driver, Police Say An impaired driver is facing charges after being involved in a fatal overnight crash on Long Island, police said. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, June 4 in Wantagh. Matthew Smith, age 22, of Seaford was operating a 2017 Dodge Ram pickup truck heading eastbound on Jerusalem Avenue when it crossed over into oncoming traffic and was involved in a collision with a 2015 Chrysler sedan being operated by a 23-year-old man heading westbound on Jerusalem Avenue. Nassau County Po…
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Crash At Long Island Intersection
Updated story: Woman Charged With DWI In Connection To Fatal Long Island Crash A driver was killed in a two-vehicle crash at an intersection on Long Island. The crash happened in Baldwin at about 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, the Nassau County Police Department reported. Police said the vehicles collided at the intersection of Grand Avenue and East Carl Avenue. One of the drivers, a 31-year-old woman, was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries, NCPD said. The second driver, a 66-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene, police reported. His identity…
Police & Fire
One Killed In Fiery Crash Involving Long Island Teen
Police are investigating a fiery crash involving a Long Island teen that left one person dead on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut overnight. It happened around 10:50 p.m. Saturday, April 9 in West Haven. A 1970 Plymouth Duster with New York license plates was stationary in the median on I-95 northbound just before Exit 42 when a 2009 Honda Accord LX with Connecticut plates rear-ended the Duster, Connecticut State Police said. As a result of the impact, the Duster became engulfed in flames, said police. A front-passenger of the Duster was pronounced dead at the scene, polic…
Police & Fire
29-Year-Old Killed In Hit-Run Long Island Crash
Updated story: Suspect Driving While Intoxicated Nabbed For Fatal Hit-Run Jericho Crash, Police Say Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on Long Island. It happened around 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 15 in Jericho. A 30-year-old man was operating a 2021 Kia-K5 sedan heading westbound on Jericho Turnpike when he struck a motorcyclist who was also heading westbound, Nassau County Police said. The motorcyclist, a 29-year-old man, was pronounced dead at 11:52 p.m. by police medics, the NCPD said. His identity has not yet been released. The driver of the sedan …
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Man Arrested In Hit-Run Crash That Killed 72-Year-Old Woman
A 59-year-old Long Island man has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 72-year-old woman. Suffolk County resident Nicholas Abbaj, of Ridge, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an incident resulting in death, the Nassau County Police Department reported on Wednesday, Feb. 9. NCPD previously reported that a Ford pickup truck struck the woman at the intersection of Front Street and Park Lane in Massapequa at about 1:20 p.m. on Nov. 15. The Ford then drove away from the scene, police said. The woman, identified as Arlene Fierro, of Massapequa, was critically i…
Police & Fire
Police ID Long Island Father, Children Involved In Double-Fatal Crash
Police have identified the father who was killed in a double-fatal crash in Westchester that left one of his twin sons dead and two other children critically injured. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3 in New Rochelle, at Pelhamdale Avenue at the intersection with the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound exit ramp, Long Island resident Troy Carter, of Hempstead, lost control and struck a brick retaining wall on the parkway, police said. Original Story - Father, Son Killed After Car Crashes Into Retaining Wall In Westchester, Police Say New Rochelle Police Capt. J. …
Police & Fire
Suffolk County Man Dies In House Fire, Police Say
Updated story: ID Released For Victim Of Fatal Long Island House Fire A Long Island man has died following a fire at his home. The blaze broke out around 9:49 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, in Hampton Bays, said Southampton Police Lt. Susan Ralph. When firefighters arrived on the scene at Mildred Place, they found black smoke coming from the windows of the residence, and by the time police arrived on the scene, the home was fully engulfed in flames, Ralph said. Ralph said the unidentified man was pulled from the residence and was tended to by Hampton Bays Ambulance pers…
Police & Fire
Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania
Three people died and a Northern Westchester man was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a head-on motor-vehicle collision in Pennsylvania. The crash happened in Haycock Township, located in Bucks County, around 11:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. Initial reports say the two vehicles involved, each carrying two people, caught fire after crashing. The driver of a Chevrolet Equinox, a 26-year-old man from Ossining, was airlifted with serious injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, New Jersey, died. The two occupants of the Lexus ES 330 b…
Police & Fire
Local Woman Driving Drunk Charged After Fatal Hit-Run Long Island Crash, Police Say
A woman who was driving drunk is facing multiple charges after a fatal hit-and-run crash on Long Island, police said. The crash happened just before 1:45 a.m. Sunday, May 30 in Hempstead. State Police said there was a report of a pedestrian struck on the southbound Meadowbrook State Parkway south of the Southern State Parkway in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County. Upon arrival, the pedestrian was in the right lane and the vehicle involved was no longer at the scene, state police said. The pedestrian, Denis Ramos, age 40, of Wyandanch, was pronounced dead at the scene, accordi…
News
Man Charged For Hit-Run Long Island Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father
A man has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of the father of singer/model Nicki Minaj. While walking in the roadway in Mineola on Roslyn Road at the intersection of Raff Avenue on Friday, Feb. 12, at 6:15 p.m., Robert Maraj was hit by a northbound vehicle that left the scene of the crash, Nassau County Police said. Earlier report - ID Released For Man Who Has Died After Being Struck By Vehicle At Long Island Intersection Maraj, age 64, of Mineola, was transported to an area hospital. On Sunday, Feb. 14, succumbed to his injuri…
Police & Fire
One Killed In Fiery Single-Vehicle Suffolk County Crash
A person was killed in a fiery single-vehicle crash overnight on Long Island. It happened on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at approximately 11:45 p.m. in Middle Island. A 2007 Infiniti sedan was traveling southbound on Rocky Point Road, south of Whiskey Road, when the vehicle left the roadway, struck a tree, caught fire and became fully engulfed, Suffolk County Police said. The Middle Island Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze. The driver, who was the sole occupant in the vehicle, has not yet been identified by police and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police & Fire
29-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash On Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway
A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash overnight on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. It happened on Sunday, Oct. 4 just before 12:30 a.m. in North Massapequa on the expressway near the Boundary Avenue exit. A 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle being driven by a 29-year-old man was traveling northbound in the center lane when he struck a 2015 Honda sedan in the rear, Nassau County Police said. As a result of the collision, the man suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the sedan, a 58-year old woman, was transported to an area …
Police & Fire
Exterminator Killed After Falling From Ladder At Long Island Home
An exterminator performing work at a Long Island home died after falling from his ladder and suffering a traumatic neck injury. Nassau County Police investigators said that the 29-year-old Uniondale man was working at a Bayside Avenue home at approximately 11:35 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 in Port Washington when he fell from the ladder. The man - whose name is currently being withheld - was transported to an area hospital and later pronounced dead there by a staff member. The investigation into the fatal incident is ongoing. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old Charged After Fatal Hit-Run Suffolk County Crash
A man was arrested for leaving the scene of a crash that killed a pedestrian overnight on Long Island. It happened in Dix Hills on Saturday, May 30 just before 11 p.m. Romero Crossman, 22, was driving a 2009 BMW 528i northbound on Straight Path/Seaman Neck Road when the vehicle struck a pedestrian crossing the roadway at the intersection of Clarendon Street, Suffolk County Police said. Crossman then fled the scene in the BMW, according to police. The victim, Maged Ayoub, 51, of Dix Hills, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was …
News
Two Sentenced For 2018 Long Island Crash That Killed Newly Engaged Couple
A man and woman have been sentenced for their roles in the fatal car crash that killed a newly engaged couple on Long Island. Brooklyn resident Rahmel Watkins, 36, was sentenced to 18 years to life in prison after being found guilty of assault, reckless endangerment and reckless driving in the deaths of 21-year-old Yisroel Levin and his 20-year-old fiancé Elisheva Kaplan on the Nassau Expressway in Lawrence last April. Zakiyyah Steward, 25, also of Brooklyn, was sentenced to a term of three to nine years in prison after pleading guilty to 17 charges that included manslaughter, assault, rec…
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Killed In Hit-Run Long Island Crash
A pedestrian is dead following an overnight hit-and-run crash on Long Island. It happened on Friday, Sept. 20 at 9:45 p.m. in Uniondale. The pedestrian, a 58-year-old man, was struck by an unknown vehicle traveling southbound on Uniondale Avenue, Nassau County Police said. The man was pronounced deceased at the scene. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. The investigation is ongoing. Detectives request anyone with information regarding this incident to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous. Check back to Da…
News
Delivery Driver Could Face Increased Charges After Woman Dragged To Death, Suffolk DA Says
The AutoZone delivery driver who struck and dragged a woman to her death under his van may face increased charges, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. Donnell Hicks, 26, of Queens, was behind the wheel of a 2017 Dodge Ram work van when he struck his victims, Ann Marie Christina, 38, of East Quogue and Eric Krems, 40, in front of AutoZone on Deer Park Avenue in Babylon on Monday, July 29, police said. Hicks failed to stop and dragged Christina, who was caught under the van, to her death, according to police. He was initially charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. After…
Police & Fire
Know This SUV? Police Search For Suspect In Hit-Run Crash That Killed Bellport Man
Have you seen it? Police investigators in Suffolk Country have released photos as they attempt to track down a suspect involved in a fatal hit-and-run in East Patchogue last month. Bellport resident Alexis Velasquez, 30, was riding his bicycle on Montauk Highway near Gazzola Drive at approximately 4:30 a.m. on April 28 when he was struck by an SUV that proceeded to speed away from the scene. According to police, detectives believe the vehicle that struck Velasquez is a silver 2013 to 2015 Nissan Rogue, which sustained damage to the front passenger side during the crash. The vehicle fled e…
46°
