HAUPPAUGE, NY - A police officer was hospitalized after a woman crashed into a police car on the Long Island Expressway in Hauppauge Friday night, according to Suffolk Police.
According to police, a 62-year-old woman was driving a 2015 Nissan SUV when she struck the back of a marked police car with the lights on between exits 55-53 at 11:30 p.m., police said.
The officer was traveling slowly, closing the road for overnight construction when the vehicle was struck.
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The officer was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The driver of the other car and her two passengers were transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore for precautions, police said.
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The woman was issued summonses for failure to comply with lane directions, improper speed in a construction area, and unsafe lane change, police said.
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