Crime & Safety
Officer Injured After Hauppauge Crash
The driver of a Toyota Corolla crashed into the cop car after making a U-turn on Vets Memorial Highway.
HAUPPAUGE, NY - An officer was hospitalized after a crash in Hauppauge on Saturday night, according to Suffolk Police.
A Toyota Corolla traveling eastbound on Veterans Memorial Highway made a U-turn, just east of the end of the Northern State Parkway, struck a marked Suffolk County Police car that was also traveling eastbound at 9:15 p.m.
The male officer was taken to Huntington Hospital in Huntington for treatment of minor injuries, police said.
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The occupants of the Toyota refused medical attention. No other injuries were reported.
No summonses were issued.
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Hauppauge, NY- A police officer was treated for minor injuries after a car making a Uturn on Vet's Hwy crashed with the patrol car pic.twitter.com/SVHSdk8cED
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