Passenger suffers head trauma, 5 others hurt in 1-car crash in Flower Hill
Nassau police investigate a serious crash in Flower Hill Sunday. Credit: Jim Staubitser
Six people were injured, including one who suffered severe head trauma, after a sedan slammed into a retaining wall and two trees in Flower Hill Sunday evening, Nassau police said.
A 36-year-old woman was driving a 2003 Toyota Camry near Harbor Park Drive South and West Shore Road at about 6:45 p.m. when the car hit the retaining wall before striking the trees, police said. She and her five male passengers, ages 17, 21, 28, 35 and 42, were taken to a hospital. One passenger is listed with severe head trauma, police said.
Police did not release the identity of the driver or the passengers. An investigation is ongoing.
Check back for updates on this developing story.
Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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