Crime & Safety

Police ID Man Killed In Suffolk County Crash

The man was pronounced dead at the scene early Thursday. A 22-year-old woman was seriously injured and airlifted to the hospital.

BROOKHAVEN, NY – Suffolk Police have released details in a fatal crash that occurred early Thursday in Brookhaven. According to police, 45-year-old Gregory Goodley was driving a 2015 Ford Mustang east on Montauk Highway when his vehicle crossed into the westbound lanes and struck a 2009 Ford Focus around 2:15 a.m.

Goodley, of Shirley, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Focus, 22-year-old Rebecca Davis, needed to be extricated from her car by firefighters and police.

South Country Ambulance provided medical assistance to Davis before she was transported via Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.

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Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks. The investigation is continuing and police are asking anyone with information on this crash to call the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.

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