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Suffolk County Police - Headquarters
Tuesday July 2nd, 2019 :: 09:00 a.m. EDT

Advisory

Four People Injured, One Seriously, in Motor Vehicle Crash

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that injured four people, one seriously, in Holbrook early this morning.
 
Rose Dresher was driving a 2009 Toyota Corolla northbound on Nicolls Road, near Patchogue-Holbrook Road, when her vehicle struck a northbound 2001 Toyota Camry driven by Manuel Cepeda at approximately 12:35 a.m. The crash caused the Camry to completely overturn.
 
A 56-year-old Coram man, a front seat passenger in the Camry, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. Dresher, 22, of Centereach, as well as Cepeda, 57, of Port Jefferson Station, and a 28-year-old Holbrook man, a backseat passenger in the Camry, were transported to Long Island Community Hospital in East Patchogue for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
 
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.
 
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Authority:       Geraldine Hart, Commissioner    19-367427
                 Suffolk County Police Department   JM/0610

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Suffolk County Police - Headquarters
30 Yaphank Ave
Yaphank, NY 11980

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