Ridge woman identified by police as passenger killed in East Shoreham crash
Police at the scene of a serious car crash in East Shoreham on Thursday afternoon, April 30, 2015. Credit: John Roca
Police have identified a woman killed in a single-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in East Shoreham as Deidre Bifulco, 38, of Ridge.
The crash left the driver, identified by Suffolk County police as Grace Quinones, 20, also of Ridge, hospitalized in critical condition.
Police said Quinones was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with undisclosed injuries. The crash occurred on Randall Road, north of Whiskey Road, about 1:15 p.m.
Quinones was driving a Dodge Caravan north on Randall when she lost control of the minivan, leaving the road and hitting a tree. Bifulco was a passenger, police said.
The minivan was impounded for a safety check.
Police said the investigation is continuing and are asking anyone with information to call Seventh Squad detectives at 631-852-8752.
The crash briefly closed Randall Road in both directions between Cooper Street and the Leisure Glen gated community off Glen Drive, police said.
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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