Crime & Safety
Pickup Driver Seriously Hurt in 2-Car Patchogue Crash
Three people were injured, one seriously, in the crash Saturday evening.
PATCHOGUE, NY – Three people were hurt, including a 34-year-old man who was seriously hurt, in a two-car crash in Patchogue Saturday evening, Suffolk Police said.
According to police, Erik Pedersen was driving a 1994 Chevrolet pickup truck south on Waverly Avenue when his vehicle was struck by a 2005 Volvo making a left turn onto Gateway Boulevard at about 5:35 p.m.
Pedersen, of Patchogue, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with a serious head injury. The driver of the Volvo, Nancy Kelly, 59, and her passenger Lawrence Kelly, 62, both of Bayport, were taken to Stony Brook with minor injuries.
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Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information on the crash can contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.
A 44-year-old woman was critically injured in a crash at the same intersection last month.
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