3 Teens Injured, 1 Airlifted After Suffolk Crash

SHOREHAM, NY —A star athlete and senior at Shoreham-Wading River High School was seriously injured in a Shoreham crash Thursday evening, police said. Three other people suffered non-life threatening injuries.

According to Suffolk County Police, the crash took place at 6:50 p.m. on Route 25A near Miller Avenue and the Shoreham Plaza shopping center.

Evan Flannery, 17, of Shoreham, was driving a 2007 Hyundai Elantra south on Miller Avenue and was turning left into Route 25A when his car was struck by a 2006 Honda Accord, being driven west on Route 25A by Michael Troiano, 34, of Ridge.

A passenger in the Hyundai, Melissa Marchese, 18, of Shoreham, was airlifted by a Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries, police said.

Flannery and another passenger in the Hyundai, Caroline Tyburski, 18, of Shoreham, were transported to St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson with non-life threatening injuries.

Troiano was taken to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead with non-life threatening injuries.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

According to Newsday, the students were on their way to the high school for a ceremony honoring seniors.

Marchese has been lauded recently for her academic and athletic achievements. In March, the Shoreham Wading River High School winter varsity sports teams were feted at a Board of Education meeting with Marchese honored as an All League member of the girls basketball scholar-athlete team.

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Recently, she committed to college sports, signing on to play softball at the University of Hartford; she was also recognized at a June BOE meeting as a New York State Scholar Athlete on the all-division girls softball team.