Cops: Police, passenger car collide in Commack, injuring 2
A police and passenger car collided early Thursday in Commack. Credit: Evan Rolla
A Commack man and a Suffolk County Police Fourth Precinct officer were hospitalized for treatment of what police described as "non-life-threatening injuries" following an early morning crash Thursday in Commack.
Police said Minas Patsurakis, 71, was driving his 2003 Mercury Marquis at about 5:50 a.m. west on North Parkway Drive when he attempted to turn left onto Harned Road. His car then collided with a northbound marked police patrol unit.
No tickets were issued, police said.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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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