Cops: SUV driver seriously hurt in crash into tree in Coram

A Farmingville woman was seriously injured when the sport utility vehicle she was driving veered off the road and struck a tree late Thursday in Coram, police said.

Nicole Hernandez, 31, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, Suffolk County police said. Her condition was not known.

Police said Hernandez lost control of her 2005 GMC on West Yaphank Road, near Beach Lane, crashing into a tree at 11:46 p.m.

No criminality is suspected. Additional details were not available.

By John Valenti

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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.”