Lake Ronkonkoma woman killed in Hauppague crash, cops say
A two-vehicle crash in Hauppauge closed parts of Route 347 and Route 111 on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018, as police investigated. Credit: James Carbone
A 70-year-old Lake Ronkonkoma woman was killed Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in Hauppauge, police said.
Lorraine Sheehan was pronounced dead at St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown after the accident on Nesconset Highway, Suffolk County police said in a news release.
Sheehan’s husband, Robert Sheehan, 73, was driving their vehicle and was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries, the release stated.
Patrick Chestnut, 32, of Fairfield, Ohio, was driving a 2014 Mazda eastbound on Nesconset Highway around 12:15 p.m., according to the release. Chestnut tried to make a turn at Route 111 and the Mazda crashed head-on with the Sheehans’ 2017 Honda traveling westbound on the highway.
Chestnut and his passenger Karma Spear, 31, of Bay Shore, were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Both vehicles were impounded for a safety check.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.
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