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Man Fleeing Scene Of Hauppauge Crash Struck, Killed By 18-Wheeler, Police Say
A man who was allegedly fleeing the scene of a single-car crash on Long Island was hit and killed by an 18-wheel truck.
The incident took place in Hauppauge around 2:20 p.m., Wednesday, May 25.
Joseph Suozzo, age 60, of Jupiter, Florida, was driving a 2006 Jeep Cherokee eastbound on Bridge Road when he veered off the road and struck a tree, said the Suffolk County Police.
Suozzo fled the scene on foot and crossed onto Long Island Motor Parkway, which runs parallel to Bridge Road, and was struck by an 18-wheeler truck approximately 1,000 feet east of Milford Drive, police said.
He was pron…
