Farmingville Woman Hurt When Driveway Gate Falls On Her In Chain Reaction Crash: Police

FARMINGVILLE, NY — A Farmingville woman was hurt when a driveway gate fell on her in a chain reaction crash in the driveway of her home on Wednesday night, Suffolk police said.

A 26-year-old Holtsville man was driving a 2019 Chevrolet pickup westbound on Express Drive North when he turned right into his driveway at around 8:45 p.m., and the gate to the driveway was closed, leaving the rear of his vehicle partially in the Express Drive North right lane, according to police.

His 67-year-old mother was about to open the gate, when a 2026 Kia sedan, driven by a 48-year-old West Islip man, hit the back of the Chevrolet, causing it to strike the gate, which fell on the woman, police said.

The woman was taken by ambulance to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said, adding that the drivers were not hurt.

It is not clear how the gate was removed from off of her.

Further information was not immediately available.