Dangerous Roads

Previously Published in The Messenger By Cait Crudden State Senator Dean Murray (R-East Patchogue) held a poignant press conference at the Hagerman Fire Department, calling for urgent legislative action to pass “Nick’s Law,” a proposed […]

Long Island Has Highest Number of Deaths in the State Motor vehicle fatalities in New York state rose 25.8% from 2019-2022, with fatalities at the highest level in a decade in 2022, even as the […]

Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a single-vehicle crash that seriously injured a woman in Shirley. Gottleb Chumi was driving a 2020 Nissan Altima on eastbound Sunrise Highway at exit 58 when her […]

Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a man in Deer Park. Dominick Benedetto was operating a 2003 Chevrolet Corvette eastbound on Grand Boulevard when the vehicle left the […]

Four Dead, Nine Injured in Crash Suffolk County Police arrested a Dix Hills man for driving while intoxicated after he crashed a vehicle into a building in Deer Park, killing four people and injuring nine […]

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a hit-and-run crash that injured two employees of Suffolk BOCES in North Bellport. A vehicle struck two pedestrians in the parking lot of Eastern Suffolk BOCES, located […]

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash involving an ambulance that seriously injured a man in Miller Place. An ambulance with its lights and sirens activated was traveling westbound on […]

A 12-year-old is in the hospital as a car hit him after colliding with another vehicle. A 2020 Ford Econoline Van being operated by a 52-year-old male was traveling northbound on Oakfield Avenue where he […]

A Syosset man was sentenced to seven to 21 years in prison for a high-speed drunken crash in August 2023 that killed a young, married couple. Sotirios Spanos, 33, pleaded guilty on April 23, 2024, […]