Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man in Copiague.
Harold Deters was driving a 2010 Chevrolet Impala westbound on Montauk Highway, when the vehicle crossed over into the opposite lane and struck an eastbound 2013 Ford Escape at the intersection of South Emerson Avenue at approximately 5:40 a.m.
Deters, 79, of Amityville, was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the Ford, Lyubov Kozak, 66, of West Babylon, and her passenger, Vira Popivniak, 42, of West Babylon, were transported to the same hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information is asked to call the First Squad at 631-854-8152.