Hauppauge crash causes PSEG truck to overturn, police say
A major Suffolk County intersection was closed for hours after a sport utility vehicle and a utility truck collided, knocking out traffic signals, in an early morning crash in Hauppauge on Tuesday, police said.
The driver of the SUV was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the truck, a PSEG Long Island vehicle, refused treatment at the scene.
Suffolk County police said the crash occurred at the intersection of Lincoln Boulevard and Veterans Memorial Highway at about 1:30 a.m. As a result of the crash, police said, Lincoln was closed — until traffic signals could be restored.
Police said the crash occurred when a Nissan Rogue, crossing Vets Highway, collided with the PSEG truck, causing the truck to overturn after it hit an embankment.
The closure was resolved just before 6 a.m., according to the state Department of Transportation.
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.”
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