Crime & Safety
Man Airlifted To Hospital After Vets Highway Crash
BREAKING: Two people were hurt in the crash Sunday morning, police say.
HAUPPAUGE, NY – Two people were injured, one seriously, in a crash in Hauppauge Sunday morning.
According to police, a Pontiac sideswiped a Mercedes and then struck a pole at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway and New Highway around 10:20 a.m.
The male driver of the Pontiac was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries. An adult male passenger in the Pontiac was transported to Southside Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
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The female driver of the Mercedes was not injured. The intersection was closed for about two hours while police investigated.
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