Police: Driver injured when SUV crashes into tree in Lake Ronkonkoma
A man was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after Suffolk police said his sport utility vehicle crashed into a tree Thursday night in Lake Ronkonkoma.
The single-vehicle crash occurred on Foster Road at about 7:45 p.m., police said.
Police said the vehicle, a 2007 Ford Edge, was headed southbound when it "veered off the road," striking the tree. The identity of the driver was not released; police said he may have suffered a medical episode before 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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