Crime & Safety
Scooter Driver Seriously Injured In Suffolk Crash: Police
The crash took place outside a gas station in Medford, police say.
MEDFORD, NY — A scooter operator was seriously injured in a Medford crash Wednesday, police said.
According to Suffolk County police, the crash took place in front of Speedway Gas on Route 112 at 5:29 p.m. Leonel Ventura Jr., 19, was operating a motorized Varla scooter northbound on the sidewalk of Route 112 when he collided with the passenger side of an idling 2021 Dodge Durango that was attempting to make a right turn out of the gas station, police said.
Ventura, 19, of Brentwood, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious physical injuries; the driver of the Dodge Durango was not injured, police said.
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No charges were filed in the crash, police said.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.
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