Police ID Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash

SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY — Police have identified a man killed in a two-vehicle crash on westbound Sunrise Highway in Manorville on Monday as Michael Forman, 63, of Hampton Bays.

Forman was driving a 2021 Ford F-150 westbound on Sunrise Highway, between William

Floyd Parkway and Wading River Road, when his vehicle sideswiped a 2022 Nissan Sentra, driven by Alisa Coffey-Hamilton, police said.

Forman’s vehicle then struck a tree on the north side of the road and Coffey-Hamilton’s vehicle struck the guide wire in the median, police said.

Forman was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Coffey-Hamilton, 41, of East
Patchogue, was transported to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.

Both drivers were alone in their vehicles, which were impounded for safety checks, police said.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

Sunrise Highway was closed in the westbound direction while the crash was investigated, police said. The roadway reopened just before 5:30 p.m.