Suffolk officer hurt in Veterans Highway crash, police say

A Suffolk County police officer suffered minor injuries when his marked cruiser was involved in a crash with another car on Veterans Memorial Highway early Friday in Holbrook.

Suffolk County police said the collision took place at 12:43 a.m.

The officer and the other driver both sustained minor, non-life-threatening injuries and were taken to a local hospitals.

Photos from the scene show the marked police car, its front end heavily damaged. The other car is up on a curb, off the side of the road. Additional information was not available.

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.”