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Cops: SUV crashes into West Islip house

A West Islip firefighter surveys a home on

Photo credit: James Carbone | A West Islip firefighter surveys a home on Malts Avenue. (March 17, 2013)

An elderly woman who had just picked up her neighbor for a ride to church backed her sport-utility vehicle into a neighbor's West Islip house on Sunday, Suffolk County police said.

The 82-year-old driver, her 74-year-old neighbor, and her neighbor's 31-year-old aide were in the vehicle when police said the driver's foot slipped off the brake, allowing her car to reverse into the house at 116...

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