Coram, NY - February 11, 2015 - Suffolk County Police Department Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man in Coram this morning.
Joseph Reilly was driving a 1994 Toyota eastbound on Route 25, when he approached the intersection of Route 112, apparently disregarded a traffic signal and entered the intersection. A 2001 Ford van with an attached trailer that was traveling north on Route 112 struck the Toyota.
Dennis Reilly, 56, of Coram, a passenger in the Toyota was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Joseph Reilly, 48, of Port Jefferson Station, and the driver of the van, William Scharfenberg, 45, of Bohemia were not injured.
The van was inspected on site by the Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol Bureau Motor Carrier Safety Section. The Toyota was impounded for a safety check.
The investigation is continuing and anyone that has not yet been interviewed by detectives is requested to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.
