Woman killed in head-on crash in Copiague
The driver of the Chevy Cobalt, right, was cut from the vehicle early Friday with life-threatening injuries, a witness said, after a collision with a Cadillac Escalade sport utility vehicle on Montauk Highway in Copiague. (Nov. 18, 2011) Credit: Paul Mazza
A Selden woman was killed in a two-car accident early Friday after her car veered into oncoming traffic and struck a sport utility vehicle on Montauk Highway in Copiague, police said.
Janine Colarossi, 22, was pronounced dead at 4:06 a.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, Suffolk County police said.
Kevin Mazur, 50, was driving a 2007 Cadillac Escalade east on Montauk Highway, just east of Great Neck Road, when Colarossi, driving in a westbound lane, veered into Mazur's lane at about 2:40 a.m., police said.
Mazur, of Lindenhurst, and his wife, Jennifer Mazur, 37, also were taken to Good Samaritan for non-life-threatening injuries. Updated information on their conditions was not immediately available.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks and the investigation is continuing, First Squad detectives said. Anyone with information can call the First Squad at 631-854-8152.
With Gary Dymski
Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 15: LI's top basketball players On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra and Matt Lindsay take a look top boys and girls basketball players on Long Island.
Sarra Sounds Off, Ep. 15: LI's top basketball players On the latest episode of "Sarra Sounds Off," Newsday's Gregg Sarra and Matt Lindsay take a look top boys and girls basketball players on Long Island.
