Crime & Safety

2 Killed in Suffolk County Crashes Saturday

A 19-year-old Shoreham man was killed in one of the crashes.

Police are investigating two fatal crashes that occurred in Suffolk County Saturday morning.

The first crash happened in Shoreham at about 5:45 a.m. on the northbound William Floyd Parkway. A Seventh Precinct officer observed a 2005 Suzuki overturned in the wooded median of the parkway about a half-mile north of Whiskey Road, police said.

The driver of the vehicle, 19-year-old Kevin Callejas, of Shoreham, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

The second crash occurred in East Islip shortly before noon.

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According to police, 57-year-old Eileen Magee, of Hicksville, was driving a 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee south on Harwood Avenue when her vehicle struck a 1998 Chevrolet Astro van that was traveling east on Union Boulevard. The van then struck a 2002 Chevrolet Prism that was stopped in a turning lane westbound on Union Avenue at Harwood Avenue. The Astro van, driven by 62-year-old Maureen Bodkin, of Islip, overturned several times, police said.

Bodkin was pronounced dead at the scene. Magee was transported to Southside Hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the Prism, an 81-year-old Islip woman, was not injured. No criminal charges have been filed.

The crash occurred just yards away from where a 25-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car while she was walking her dog last month.

Anyone with information on the East Islip crash is asked to contact Third Squad detectives at 631-854-8352.

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