Giuseppa Giordano, Loraine Dicuffa killed in separate crashes, police say

Two separate crashes on Sunday claimed two lives in Suffolk County — including a two-vehicle collision early Sunday at a Lindenhurst intersection that killed a West Babylon woman and sent her 12-year-old passenger to a hospital for treatment, according to authorities. 

The driver of a 2016 Toyota Camry, Kiritkumar Vyas, 56, of Babylon, was heading east about 7:08 a.m. on Route 109, police said in a news release, when he "failed to stop at a red light" at Straight Path and struck a southbound Honda Civic driven by Giuseppa Giordano, 59.

Giordano was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead. Her 12-year-old passenger, who police did not name, was transported to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.

Vyas was not injured, according to police. 

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Suffolk police First Squad at 631-854-8152. 

In a separate crash, a driver of a 2022 BMW was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto South Street in Manorville, when she collided with a 2020 Kawasaki motorcycle that was northbound at 11:48 a.m. The driver Delio Dicuffa, and his passenger, Loraine Dicuffa, were both ejected from the motorcycle, according to police.

Loraine Dicuffa, 49, of East Moriches, was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead and was pronounced dead. Police said her husband, Delio Dicuffa, 50, also of East Moriches, was taken via helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the BMW, Ebony Dandrich, 38, of Shirley, was not injured.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

Anyone with information about this crash is asked to call the Suffolk police seventh squad at 631-852-8752.

With Darwin Yanes

By Brinley Hineman

brinley.hineman@newsday.com

Brinley Hineman covers the Town of Hempstead and the City of Long Beach for Newsday. She previously was a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee, and is a West Virginia native.