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ICYMI: Man Who Drove Drunk, High, Caused Five-Car Crash: Cops

Check out this story reported last week on West Islip Patch.

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in West Islip Patch:

HAUPPAUGE, NY - Two people were seriously injured in a five-car crash in Hauppauge on Friday night, according to Suffolk Police.

Charles Healy, 56, of West Islip was driving a 2010 Dodge Pickup eastbound on the Long Island Expressway (LIE) between exits 56 and 57 when his vehicle struck a 2016 Mazda rental car at 11:52 p.m., police said.

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The crash caused the driver of the Mazda, 54-year-old Jerzy Grochowicz, of Ontario to crash the vehicle into a 2017 Subaru being operated by 25-year-old Brian Garcia, of Brentwood whose vehicle then struck a 2017 Jeep driven by 45-year-old Eric Veilleux, of Medford whose vehicle in turn crashed into a 2016 Subaru driven by 58-year-old Siobhan Atkinson of Hauppauge, police said.

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