Overturned Auto on Marathon Parkway

An early morning accident at Marathon Parkway and Cullman Avenue in Little Neck involving an overturned sport utility vehicle sent a man to the hospital with unknown injuries.

The driver of the overturned auto, Joseph Ficarrotta, was traveling on Marathon Parkway when another motorist ran a stop sign, hitting him, said the man's wife, Barbara, who arrived at the scene shortly after the accident occurred at approximately 9:20 a.m.

Ficarrotta, the only occupant of the overturned vehicle, was on his way from Benjamin Cardozo High School where he dropped off his son to school, she said.

The man was taken by ambulance to North Shore-Long Island Jewish Medical Center. His condition is unknown.

"I just heard some scraping," said Alan Lerner, a nearby resident at the scene of the overturned Honda CR-V.

Police from the 111th Precinct responded to the location.

Weather conditions in the area were poor at the time of the accident, with blustery winds and driving rain.