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Tipped-over truck shuts Ronkonkoma roadway for 4 hours

A tipped-over dump truck closed a stretch of Veterans Memorial Highway in Ronkonkoma Monday for four hours, Suffolk Police said.

Christopher Toomey, 37, of West Babylon, was carrying too heavy a load when his 2006 Kenworth dump truck toppled over while he attempted to make a right turn from Ninth Avenue onto Veterans Memorial Highway, police said.

Toomey was issued tickets for the excess...

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