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Man Killed in Commack Crash with Tractor Trailer, According to SCPD

Local News, Crime

By Published: January 30 2018

LongIsland.com

Police: A man was driving northbound when the vehicle veered into the southbound lanes and struck the rear wheels of a tractor trailer.

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SCPD are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a man in Commack on Monday, January 29.

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Commack, NY - January 30, 2018 - Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a man in Commack on Monday, January 29.
 
A man was driving a 2002 Subaru Impreza northbound on Commack Road, 300 feet north of Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, when the vehicle veered into the southbound lanes and struck the rear wheels of a southbound tractor trailer at approximately 3:25 a.m.
 
The driver of the Subaru was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. The man’s name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The male driver of the tractor trailer was not injured.
 
The Subaru was impounded for a safety check.