4 people hurt, 1 seriously, in 2-car crash in Holbrook, police say
Suffolk County police and Holbrook Fire Department personnel at the scene of a crash on Nicolls Road in Holbrook early Tuesday morning. Credit: Stringer News Service
Four people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car collision early Tuesday morning in Holbrook, Suffolk County police said.
Police said the crash occurred on Nicolls Road, near Patchogue-Holbrook Road, about 12:35 a.m. when a 2009 Toyota Corolla driven by Rose Dresher, 22, of Centereach, heading north, struck a northbound 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Manuel Cepeda, 57, of Port Jefferson — causing the Camry to overturn.
A 56-year-old Coram man, who was a front-seat passenger in the Camry, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Dresher, Cepeda and a 28-year-old Holbrook man who was a backseat passenger in the Camry, were all taken to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police said Fifth Squad detectives are investigating the cause of the crash and said both cars were impounded for routine safety checks. No one has been charged in the crash.
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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