Riverhead man seriously injured in crash on the L.I.E.
Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a crash on the Long Island Expressway in Medford that seriously injured a 33-year-old Riverhead man shortly after 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
A 32-year-old Riverhead woman, whose identity was not made public, was driving a 2007 Kia eastbound on the Expressway at 6:18 a.m. when her vehicle struck a 2002 Ford van, which was stopped and pulled off to the shoulder of the road, between exits 63 and 64, police said.
The Riverhead woman was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue for non-life-threatening injuries, police said. Her passenger, a 33-year-old Riverhead man, whose identify also was not disclosed by police, was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center for what police termed serious injuries.
The driver of the van, a 49-year-old Nesconset man, was not injured, according to police. Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is continuing.
Anyone who may have witnessed the crash is asked to contact the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential, according to police.
