Crime & Safety
Suffolk Woman Seriously Hurt When Car Blows Tire, Crashes On Sunrise
Her Nissan Altima careened into another lane before striking a Dodge pickup truck Thursday morning, cops say.
EAST PATCHOGUE, NY — A 37-year-old Suffolk woman was seriously injured when a tire on her car blew out, causing the vehicle to careen across a lane on Sunrise Highway before crashing into a truck on Thursday morning, Suffolk police said.
Stephanie Vilien-Morisseau was driving a 2007 Nissan Altima westbound in the right lane on Sunrise Highway in East Patchogue when the sedan's tire blew out and it swerved into the left lane and struck a 2016 Dodge Ram pickup truck, according to police.
The truck, which was driven by William Florenzo, 47, of Mastic Beach, then collided with the driver's side of the sedan causing it to careen into the guardrail, police said.
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Vilien-Morisseau, a Mastic resident, was transported by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, and Florenzo, for minor injuries, according to police.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.
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The crash took place just before 7 a.m., prompting police to close the westbound lane at Hospital Road up until about 12:20 p.m.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the 5th Squad at 631-854-8552.
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