February 19, 2022 1438 hours. commack Ambulance and Commack FD are dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle collision on Jericho Turnpike near Ruth Blvd. Units arrive to find a crash involving four vehicles. One vehicle, an SUV, was on its side and the adult male driver was pinned within. Crews extricated the driver by approximately1500 hours at which time he was transported by CVAC to a Suffolk police department helicopter, which had landed on Jericho Turnpike near the crash.
Additional Info from SCPD:
Suffolk County police say a woman was driving a Buick Regal west on Veterans Memorial Highway when she attempted to make a right turn onto Jericho Turnpike around 2:25 p.m. She struck a Nissan Rogue traveling east on Jericho Turnpike, police said.
The Nissan, driven by Freddy Roth, flipped on its side and slid into the rear of a pickup truck, which was stopped in the eastbound turning lane of Jericho Turnpike, police said. The pickup truck then struck the rear of a Honda.
Roth, 25, was airlifted by a Suffolk County police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. No others involved in the crash were injured, police said.
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