Man Crashes Corvette, Stolen From New Jersey, Into Guardrail On Long Island Expressway: Police

RONKONKOMA, NY — A Farmingville man was drunk when he was behind the wheel of a Corvette stolen from New Jersey that crashed into a guardrail and sound barrier on the Long Island Expressway early Wednesday morning, Suffolk police said.

Officers from the department's Highway Patrol Unit saw several vehicles traveling eastbound on the Long Island Expressway, near Exit 60 in Ronkonkoma, traveling at more than 90 miles per hour at around 2:15 a.m., according to police.

One of the officers activated their lights and sirens as part of a traffic stop when the driver of one of the vehicles, a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, lost control of the car and left the roadway, striking a guardrail and sound barrier along the expressway, police said, adding that the driver of the vehicle, Nicholas Mulligan, ran away from the scene, and was caught running along the road about s minute later.

Following an investigation by detectives from the 4th Squad in Smithtown, it was determined that the Corvette was reported stolen from a New Jersey car dealership hours earlier, according to police.

Mulligan, 20, was taken to an area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

He was charged with third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, first-degree driving while impaired by drugs, reckless driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and resisting arrest.

He was released from the hospital and taken to the 6th Precinct in Selden, where he is being held overnight for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at 631-854-8452.