Police ID 3 People Hurt in 5-Car Chain-Reaction LIE Crash

Suffolk Police have identified the three people who were injured in a five-car crash on the westbound Long Island Expressway Tuesday evening.

According to police, 55-year-old Douglas Rodger was driving a 2013 Hyundai about 1,000 feet west of Exit 57 in Islandia when his vehicle struck a 1998 Plymouth that was stopped in traffic in the left lane at about 5:40 p.m. The crash set off a chain reaction with the Plymouth striking a 2000 Toyota, which struck a 2016 Mitsubishi, which struck a 2014 Chevy, police said.

Rodger, of Long Beach, was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in serious condition. He suffered partial paralysis, police said. The driver of the Plymouth, Christian Dominguez, 35, of Brentwood, and Darlene Rosales, 16, of Bay Shore, a passenger in the Mitsubishi, were transported to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore with non-life threatening injuries.

The vehicles with the injured victims were impounded for safety checks. Westbound traffic on the LIE was closed until 10:15 p.m.

The investigation is continuing.

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