2-Year-Old Boy Critically Injured in LI Crash; Driver Flees

MASTIC BEACH, NY — A toddler was critically injured in a multi-vehicle Mastic Beach crash that left three others seriously injured Wednesday morning, police said.

A man driving a 2006 Nissan sedan was traveling south on Flower Road when he appeared to run a stop sign at the intersection of Neighborhood Road, police said.

The vehicle struck a 2017 Toyota being driven by Maryann Valentin, 59, of Shirley, who was traveling west at 11 a.m., police said.

The driver of the Nissan then struck an unoccupied Jeep SUV parked outside of a Flower Road residence, police said. The driver of the Nissan, who has not been identified, left the scene, police said.

A 2-year-old boy in the backseat of the Nissan was critically injured and initially transported to Long Island Community Hospital before being transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital, police said.

The other passengers in the Nissan, Sabine Auguste, 34, of Ridge and Jamel Hubbard, 33, of Wyandanch, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital; Auguste suffered serious injuries to her head, and Hubbard suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Valentin and her passenger, James Mayo, 56, of Shirley, were both taken to Long Island Community Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information on the crash to call Major Case Unit detectives at 631-852-6555.

The crash was not the result of a police pursuit, SCPD said.

The Mastic Beach Fire Department, Mastic Beach Volunteer Ambulance Company and Shirley Community Ambulance responded to the scene.