Man Charged With DWAI Drugs After LI Oil Truck Rollover Crash: PD

MANORVILLE, NY — A man was arrested and charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs after a crash involving an overturned oil truck on the Long Island Expressway in Manorville Wednesday police said.

According to Suffolk County police, Austin Richuitti, 19, of Bellport, was driving a 2011 Cadillac at a high rate of speed and heading westbound on the Long Island Expressway near Exit 69 at 1:21 p.m. when the vehicle hit the rear of a 2010 International oil truck, causing the truck to overturn into a wooded area.

Richuitti was arrested and charged with DWAI drugs, second-degree reckless endangerment, and reckless driving, police said.

The Cadillac was impounded for a safety check and the International oil truck was checked at the scene by Motor Carrier Safety Section officers, police said.

Richuitti and the operator of the International oil truck, Timothy Abruzzo, 24, of Kings Park, were transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in stable condition, police said.

The crash caused traffic for hours, motorists reported.

Richuitti will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call major case unit detectives at 631-852-6555