Police: 1 Dead in Coram Crash After Driver Runs Red Light

A 56-year-old Coram man was killed in a two-car crash Wednesday morning after his brother, the driver of the vehicle he was riding in, “apparently disregarded a traffic signal,” police said.

According to police, 48-year-old Joseph Reilly, of Port Jefferson Station, was driving a 1994 Toyota eastbound on Route 25, when he approached the intersection of Route 112, when he ran the light and entered the intersection.

A 2001 Ford van with an attached trailer that was traveling north on Route 112 struck the Toyota at about 11:05 a.m., police said.

Dennis Reilly, a passenger in the Toyota was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Joseph Reilly and the driver of the van, William Scharfenberg, 45, of Bohemia, were not injured.

The van was inspected on site by the Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol Bureau Motor Carrier Safety Section. The Toyota was impounded for a safety check.

The investigation is continuing and anyone that has not yet been interviewed by detectives is requested to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

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