What Happened
Two men who stopped to help after a crash in Islip Terrace were struck Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, when a second collision happened at the scene. One of them was critically injured. Suffolk County police gave the account, as reported by Greater Long Island.
The first crash and the second collision
- First crash: Police said a 2010 Ford and a 2015 Chevrolet crashed on the westbound Sunrise Highway service road, east of Wilson Boulevard, around 8 a.m.
- The two men who stopped: A 44-year-old Deer Park man who is a certified emergency medical technician pulled over to help. So did a second man.
- Second collision: About five minutes later, police said, a 2019 Dodge Ram struck the rear of the second man’s 2021 Dodge Ram. That pushed it into the EMT’s 2018 Dodge Ram.
- Who was hit: Both men were outside their vehicles when they were struck.
- Open question for detectives: “Detectives are investigating to determine which vehicle struck the two” men, police said.
Patch (Islip) put the second collision at around 8:05 a.m. Long Island Life & Politics reported that Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating.
Injuries
- The EMT was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.
- The second man was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore with injuries police did not consider life-threatening.
- The Chevrolet driver, a woman, was treated for minor injuries.
- The drivers of the 2019 Dodge Ram and the Ford were not injured, police said.
On This Corridor
Long Island Traffic’s 511NY records show 22 crash records on Sunrise Highway from Aug. 15 to Nov. 12, 2026. The most common reported hour in those records was the 8 a.m. hour, with 4 records. These are counts of 511 records titled Crash, Vehicle fire or Overturned vehicle, grouped by 511’s reported time. A single collision can produce more than one record, so the figures are not verified crash totals.
What Officials Have Said Next
Suffolk County police asked anyone with information to call the Major Case Unit at 631-852-6553.
What we don’t know yet: no source has reported whether any charges have been filed against the driver of the 2019 Dodge Ram, or what caused the first collision between the Ford and the Chevrolet.