Police: 2 injured in accident on Sunrise Highway in West Babylon

Police said a man and a woman were injured in a one-vehicle accident that closed two lanes of westbound Sunrise Highway on Friday morning in West Babylon.

Suffolk County police said the crash occurred at 9:56 a.m. between Exit 40, Route 231, and Exit 39, Hubbards Path.

The vehicle, a 2003 Chevy TrailBlazer, crashed into the median, according to the 911 call. Police said the driver, identified only as a 19-year-old male, and a 20-year-old female passenger both suffered non-life-threatening injuries -- and were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip.

The right and middle lanes had been closed, along with the westbound exit ramp at Exit 39; they reopened at 11:45 a.m., police said.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

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.”