East Setauket vehicle fire: Body found in pickup
An unidentified person died Friday during an East Setauket fire in a vehicle registered to an out-of-state business, Suffolk County police said.
Police responded to a fire on the north shoulder west of 445 Route 25A (North Country Road) at 11:12 p.m. on Friday, and a body was found inside a Dodge pickup, police said in a statement. The Setauket Fire Department quenched the flames.
The fire doesn’t appear to be criminal and police said they are investigating the circumstances of the death. Police did not disclose in the press release where the business that the vehicle is registered to is located.
Education: Howard University
Tiffany Cusaac-Smith came to Newsday in 2023 after being a race and history reporter at USA TODAY, where she wrote enterprise and spot articles examining how the past shapes the present. Previously, she worked as the race and justice reporter at the USA TODAY Network of New York, covering issues such as criminal justice reform, housing, environmental justice, health care and politics. At The Journal News/lohud.com in Westchester County, she covered Yonkers, the state's third-largest city. She also worked at The Associated Press in Atlanta.
Honors and Awards: Criminal justice reporting fellowship with the National Press Foundation; New York News Publishers Association award for distinguished investigative reporting; Contributed reporting for Best of Gannett honor; Member of Table Stakes, a program funded by the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and managed by the American Press Institute to transform local news.
