6 Hurt, 1 Seriously, In Suffolk Flip-Over Crash; Driver Arrested: Cops

EAST PATCHOGUE, NY — A Bellport man was arrested after an East Patchogue flip-over crash that injured six people, including one seriously, Suffolk police said.

A man was driving a 1998 GMC box truck eastbound on Brookhaven Avenue when it was struck by a 2022 Dodge Charger traveling southbound on Americus Avenue and the impact of the crash caused the GMC to overturn, ejecting the man and his two passengers, including a child, from the truck, according to police.

The driver of the Dodge, Dayquan Rivera, and a passenger, bolted from the scene, while another passenger remained behind, police said.

The 33-year-old North Bellport man driving the GMC was airlifted via police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, according to police.

His eight-year-old daughter was also airlifted to the same hospital with minor injuries, police said.

A second passenger, a 40-year-old North Bellport man, was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

The third passenger in Rivera's Charger, a 23-year-old from Patchogue, was also taken to the same hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

Police found Rivera, 24, and his 22-year-old passenger, both of Bellport, at Long Island Community Hospital where they were being treated for minor injuries.

Rivera was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an incident with personal injury. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip at a later date.

As Patch first reported Monday night, Brookhaven Avenue was closed in both directions between Amsterdam and Narragansett avenues for the crash investigation just after 7 p.m., Suffolk police said Monday night.