Drugged Driver Blows Red Light, Flees Scene of Deer Park Crash

DEER PARK, NY - A 21-year-old West Babylon man faces several charges following a two-car crash in Deer Park Wednesday night.

According to Suffolk Police, Duquan Faulk was driving a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu west on Long Island Avenue when he drove through a steady red traffic light at the intersection of Deer Park Avenue and struck a 2006 Dodge caravan that was traveling southbound on Deer Park Avenue at approximately 10:33 p.m.

Following the crash, Faulk exited his vehicle and fled on foot, police said.

The driver of the Dodge was transported via Deer Park Fire Department to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip and was treated for non-life threatening injuries.

First Precinct Patrol officers pursued Faulk on foot and located him a short time later, police said. Faulk was arrested and charged with second degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth degree criminal possession of stolen property (for a loaded handgun that had been reported stolen in Virginia), driving while ability impaired by drugs, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident without reporting.

Faulk was being held at the First Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.

The investigation is continuing and detectives are asking anyone with information to contact the First Squad at 631-854-8152.