Crime & Safety

Holtsville Man Killed, Two Others Injured in Holbrook Crash

Accident around noon on Friday claims the life of 49-year-old Steven Hunter.

A Holtsville man died Friday afternoon in a two-car crash in Holbrook, police said.

Steven Hunter, 49, was in the passenger's seat of a 2004 Saturn when his mother, Marilyn Hunter, 72, who was driving the car, attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Furrows Road from the northbound side of Patchogue-Holbrook road at 12:13 p.m., police said.

A vehicle driven by Rosemarie Volonino, 72, of Holtsville, that was headed south on Patchogue-Holbrook Road, slammed into the passenger's side door of the Saturn, police said.  

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Steven Hunter died from his injuries at Brookhaven Memorial Medical Center, police said. His mother and Volonino were also taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

No criminal charges have been filed in the crash.

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The investigation is ongoing and police are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Photos of the crash scene can be found here and here from the Stringer News Twitter feed.

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