Driver suffers ‘medical event’ before Wyandanch crash, police say
A driver who Suffolk County police said had suffered a "medical event" lost control of his 2014 Toyota on Thursday, March 30, 2017, in Wyandanch, striking a utility pole and crashing through a fence. Credit: Joseph Cassano
A driver who police said had suffered a “medical event” lost control of his 2014 Toyota Thursday morning in Wyandanch, striking a utility pole and crashing through a fence.
The single-vehicle crash on Straight Path occurred at 10:06 a.m.
Suffolk County police did not release the identity of the driver, who was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip via Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance. The driver’s condition was not known.
Additional details were not immediately available.
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