2 Suffolk police officers hurt in car crash, police say

Two Suffolk County police officers were injured in an accident involving their patrol car Monday morning in Copiague, police said.

The crash occurred on Great Neck Road near the intersection of Garden Street at about 9:25 a.m.

Assistant Police Commissioner Justin Meyers said there were two officers in the southbound patrol car when it was “struck on the passenger side by a Jeep” that was on Garden Street. The officers — one male, one female — were taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Neither officer was identified by police.

Police said the driver of the Jeep, identified only as a male, was not injured in the accident.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”