Crime & Safety
Police ID Man Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash
A car slid off the roadway and hit a tree; the fatal crash shut down the eastbound lane Sunrise Highway for several hours: FD.
CENTER MORICHES, NY — Police have identified the man who died in a Thursday morning single-vehicle crash on Sunrise Highway as Salvador Zarate-Mozo, 46, of Bay Shore.
According to Suffolk County Police, the crash took place on eastbound Sunrise Highway, east of Exit 59, in Center Moriches at 5:25 a.m.
Zarate-Mozo was driving a 2009 Nissan Altima eastbound on Sunrise Highway, east of exit 59, when his vehicle left the road and struck a tree on the south side of the road, police said.
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Zarate-Mozo was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. His passenger, Jose Ferreira-Cruz, 57, was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Sunrise Highway was closed eastbound at Wading River Road for several hours while police conducted their investigation, the Center Moriches Fire Department said.
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The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to contact the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.
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