Suffolk police car involved in accident, cops say
A damaged Suffolk police car is seen after it was involved in a collision with another car on Fifth Avenue at Brook Avenue in Bay Shore on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, police said. Credit: Stringer News Service
A marked police car responding to a call Wednesday night was involved in a collision with another car on Fifth Avenue in Bay Shore, Suffolk County police said.
Police said the officer, whose identity was not released, was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore with minor injuries.
Occupants in the other car were not injured, police said.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Brook Avenue at 11:12 p.m. Police said the officer was responding to a call, but could not immediately say if the patrol unit had its lights and sirens on at the time.
Police said the investigation into the accident is continuing, but no one has been charged.
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.”
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