Woman Seriously Hurt in Head-On Crash on Ocean Parkway

Several people were injured, including one woman who was seriously hurt, in a head-on crash on Ocean Parkway Friday afternoon, State Police said.

According to police, Sandra Martinez-Lopez, of Wyandanch, was driving a Honda Pilot west on Ocean Parkway at about 12:33 p.m. when she attempted to make a U-turn east of Cedar Beach.

Martinez-Lopez failed to negotiate the curve, drove through the on-ramp, and immediately entered the eastbound lanes of the parkway, police said. The Honda then struck a GMC Yukon that was traveling in the eastbound lanes.

A passenger in the Honda, Patricia Amaya, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she is in serious, but stable condition.

All other occupants in the vehicles were transported to Good Samaritan and Southside hospitals, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries. Police did not specify how many people were injured.

The eastbound Ocean Parkway was closed about three hours during the accident investigation. The investigation is ongoing, but there appears to be no criminality at this time, police said.