Driver ODs, Crashes Pickup Into Sunrise Highway Median: Police

A 31-year-old man overdosed on drugs and crashed his pickup truck into a median on Sunrise Highway early Sunday, Suffolk Police said.

The driver, Jon Sepe, of West Babylon, was treated at a hospital and arrested for driving while ability impaired by drugs following the crash, which occurred in West Babylon around 5 a.m., police said.

According to police, Highway Patrol Officer Michael Milo responded to a 911 call reporting that a pickup truck had crashed into the center median on eastbound Sunrise Highway, a quarter-mile mile east of Route 109.

When Milo approached the vehicle, he found Sepe slumped over with his foot on the gas pedal, police said. Milo broke the passenger window, turned off the ignition and pulled Sepe out.

Milo provided oxygen to Sepe until members of the West Babylon Fire Department arrived and determined that Sepe was suffering from an apparent overdose, police said. Fire Department personnel administered Narcan, which is used to block the effects of opioids after an overdose, and revived Sepe, who was then transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Sepe has been released from the hospital and was being held at the Third Precinct for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip Monday on the driving while impaired charge.

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