Crime & Safety
Tractor-Trailer Driver Dies After Crashing Into Stone Landscaping Wall on Long Island
BREAKING: Police say the driver may have suffered a medical emergency prior to the crash.
YAPHANK, NY – A 46-year-old man may have suffered a medical emergency before he crashed the tractor-trailer he was driving into a stone landscaping wall on Long Island Tuesday afternoon, police said.
According to police, the man was driving a 1995 tractor-trailer westbound when he crashed into the wall located at 53 Zorn Boulevard in Yaphank at about 1:55 p.m.
The driver, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead.
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The vehicle was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing.
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