Driver injured when car hits utility pole
The Copiague Fire Department responds to a serious single-car accident on Marconi Boulevard at about 11 p.m. Tuesday. The driver of a Honda Accord hit a utility pole, ripping the car in half. (June 18, 2013) Credit: Paul Mazza
A driver who smashed his car into a utility pole in Copiague late Monday was taken to a nearby hospital with cracked ribs, Suffolk County police said.
Juan Baez Rodriguez, 25, of Copiague was alone in a 2004 Honda sedan when he hit a Long Island Power Authority pole on Marconi Boulevard shortly after 11 p.m., police said.
The vehicle was crushed, but Rodriguez had only minor injuries -- including the cracked ribs -- at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, police said.
There was no indication of intoxication, but Rodriguez was ticketed for reckless driving, police said.
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