Brentwood woman seriously injured after car flips near LIE, cops say
A Brentwood woman was seriously injured after her Chevrolet Tahoe flipped as she attempted to enter the LIE near Exit 53, police said. Credit: Joseph Sperber
A Brentwood woman was seriously injured Saturday morning when her car flipped as she attempted to enter the Long Island Expressway near the border of Islip Town and Smithtown, according to Suffolk County police.
Cindy Membreno-Reyes, 35, was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe around 9 a.m. when the car went off the road and overturned on the entrance ramp between westbound Exit 53 and Express Drive North, according to police.
A police spokesperson said the entrance ramp was closed for a few hours, but has since reopened.
Commack Volunteer Ambulance personnel took Membreno-Reyes to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore with serious injuries. Police did not provide any further details on her condition when contacted by Newsday.
Suffolk police are still investigating the accident. Anyone with information about the crash can call the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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