Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a woman in Islandia yesterday.
Jose Roberto Garcia was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Impala northwest on Veterans Memorial Highway and making a left turn on Suffolk Avenue, when the vehicle was struck by a 2015 Audi A4 traveling southeast, at approximately 7:10 p.m. The Impala overturned, landing right side up.
The female front seat passenger of the Impala, who has not yet been identified by police, was transported by Central Islip - Hauppauge Volunteer Ambulance to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was pronounced dead. Garcia, 40, of Brentwood, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The driver of the Audi, Robert Salzer, 43, of Ronkonkoma, and his wife Sarah Salzer, 31, who was a passenger in the Audi, were transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of minor injuries.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have information on this incident to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.