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.
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