Crime & Safety
Police Seeking Tractor Trailer Driver Who Left Scene of Holtsville Crash
A woman involved in crash on the LIE had a finger amputated, police say.
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate a driver who left the scene of a crash in Holtsville earlier this month.
Police said a woman was driving a Ford Freestyle westbound in the left lane of the Long Island Expressway between exits 63 and 62 on April 2 around 10:10 p.m. when her vehicle was involved in a crash with a tractor trailer.
The driver of the tractor trailer did not remain at the scene, police said. One of the passengers in the Freestyle had a finger amputated due to the crash, police said.
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