Woman's legs severed when allegedly drunken driver hits her on Sagtikos State Parkway, State Police say
A female motorist suffered critical injuries when both her legs were severed by an allegedly drunken driver who hit her after she exited her disabled vehicle on the Sagtikos State Parkway early Saturday morning, according to the New York State Police.
Daycnee Vanderveer, 36, of Rockville Centre, was driving south on the parkway, south of Exit S1E, when her 2012 Honda Civic caught a flat tire in the Town of Islip, State Police said in a statement.
Vanderveer stopped in the right lane, got out of her car and walked to the trunk about 12:30 a.m. It was then that Kevin Rosasdaqui, 25, who was driving a 2012 Honda Civic south on the parkway, struck her, State Police said. The impact severed both of Vanderveer’s legs.
Rosasdaqui, of Brooklyn, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, the State Police statement said.
Two Suffolk County Police officers, one on-duty and one off-duty, who were driving by stopped to provide lifesaving measures by applying a tourniquet to Vanderveer’s legs. She was rushed to Stony Brook Medical Center and went into surgery. She was in critical, but stable condition, the statement said.
Rosasdaqui and two other passengers in his car were taken to South Shore University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. A third passenger in Rosasdaqui's car was not hurt, State Police said.
Police ask anyone with information to call the New York State Police at 631-756-3300.
Lorena Mongelli has been reporting for Newsday since 2021. Prior to that, she covered breaking news at the New York Post.
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