A 16-year-old Jeep driver was issued summonses after a Dix Hills crash Saturday morning that seriously injured a Brentwood man driving a tractor-trailer, Suffolk County police said.
The crash happened at about 7:15 a.m. May 9 at the intersection of Bagatelle Road and Express Drive North.
Police said Arturo Parada, 49, of Brentwood, was driving a 2007 Kenworth tractor-trailer westbound on Express Drive North when it was struck by a 2022 Jeep Wrangler traveling northbound on Bagatelle Road.
The impact caused the tractor-trailer to overturn. Police said the cab struck trees and a utility pole.
Parada was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver of the Jeep, a 16-year-old girl from Melville, was taken to Huntington Hospital, where she was treated and released, police said.
She was issued summonses for driving out of class and failing to stop at a red light.
Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 631-854-8252.
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