Ga. man dies in head-on crash in Hauppauge, Suffolk cops say

A Georgia man was killed in a head-on crash on Joshuas Path in Hauppauge Saturday morning, police said.

Ruben Ferreira, 69, of Lawrenceville, was traveling north on Joshuas Path when his 2007 Nissan Murano swerved into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on into a 2013 Mercedes-Benz driven by Kenneth Cluen at 5:53 a.m., police said.

Ferreira was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Cluen, 31, of Farmingville, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

The roadway, which had been closed during the crash investigation, has been reopened.

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.comScraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.