Crime & Safety
Driver Suffers Apparent Medical Event, Vehicle Crashes Into 4 Others In North Patchogue: Police
He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk in East Patchogue for treatment, Suffolk police say.
NORTH PATCHOGUE, NY — A 23-year-old man apparently suffered a medical event and his vehicle struck four others in North Patchogue on Wednesday morning, Suffolk police said.
He was driving a 2019 Chevrolet southbound on North Ocean Avenue, approaching Sunrise Highway, when he became ill and his vehicle struck four vehicles that were stopped at a light at 8:20 a.m., according to police.
He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk in East Patchogue for treatment, police said.
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No one else was injured in the crash, according to police.
It was one of two crashes that drew first responders on Wednesday morning.
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At around 5:30 a.m., a tractor-trailer struck a median and jack-knifed on the Express Drive North in Yaphank, police said. No one was hurt.
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