Crime & Safety
Driver Flees Fatal LIE Crash On Foot
A man inside a car that was rear-ended early Sunday died. The driver of the other vehicle fled the scene and has not yet been located.
BRENTWOOD, NY — A 62-year-old man was killed in a two-car crash on the Long Island Expressway early Sunday and police say the driver of one of the vehicles fled the scene on foot.
According to Suffolk police, 59-year-old Doreen Kucer was driving a 2016 Kia Optima west on the LIE near Exit 53 in the right lane when her car was rear-ended by a 2008 Honda Accord at 2:18 a.m.
The Kia then struck a guardrail and came to rest in the HOV lane. The driver of the Honda fled the scene on foot following the crash, police say.
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Kucer’s lone passenger, Terence McAree, of North Babylon, was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead.
Kucer, of the same address in North Babylon, was treated for minor injuries at the same hospital.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6553.
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