Cops: Girl, 2, dead in Southern State crash
The NY State Police responded to a fatal accident on the westbound Southern State Parkway, west of Rt. 111, late Sunday afternoon. A two-year-old child was killed when this car left the road and crashed into the trees. The driver of the car was taken to Southside Hospital. (June 3, 2012) Credit: Stringer News Photo
A 2-year-old girl was killed in a one-vehicle crash on the Southern State Parkway Sunday afternoon, police said.
A spokesman for the State Police said the vehicle crashed shortly before 5 p.m. on the westbound side of the parkway just west of exit 43.
He identified the driver as Tiayla Brooks, of Freeport, but had no further information on the victims. Brooks is 22, according to public records. Hospital officials said Brooks was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was treated and released. Westbound lanes were closed until 8:15 p.m.
Police were still investigating the cause of the crash Sunday night.
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