Crime & Safety
Van Sideswipes Vehicle In Patchogue Hit-And-Run: Police
A person who was getting out of the vehicle was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue, Suffolk police say.
PATCHOGUE, NY — A van sideswiped a vehicle while a person was getting out in a hit-and run crash in Patchogue on Tuesday night, Suffolk police said.
The person was stepping out of a vehicle on Maple Avenue at around 9:30 p.m., when it was struck, according to police.
The person was taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue for evaluation, police said.
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It was one of two crashes over three hours in Brookhaven Town, according to police.
About three hours earlier at around 6:19 p.m., a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of northbound William Floyd Parkway and Neighborhood Road in Shirley, police said.
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The person suffered minor injuries, according to police.
Further details were not available.
In a third crash that happened early Wednesday morning, a person was struck and seriously injured inRonkonkoma, police said.
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