Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a man in Melville.
Joseph Egan was driving a 2022 Hyundai Tucson on the eastbound Long Island Expressway when the vehicle struck an eastbound 2013 Toyota Camry. The Hyundai then struck a tractor-trailer that was parked on the shoulder by Exit 50 on July 20 at 3:36 a.m.
Egan, 40, of Shirley, was airlifted via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the Toyota, Sheakh Mortuza, 46, of Shirley, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Mauricio Herandez-Rios, 37, of Ossining, was not injured.
The vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information is asked to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.