APRIL 27, 2015
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK (MYFOXNY)
A Suffolk County highway patrol officer (officer Arthur Hull)
was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital following a crash on the Long
Island Expressway, about 100 feet west of Exit 60 in Lake Ronkonkoma.
The officer was sitting in his patrol vehicle #907 when it was
struck by a tractor-trailer at about 4:45 a.m. on Monday.
His condition wasn't immediately known but his injuries were
not believed to be life-threatening (neck and back pain).
The officer was in the area to direct traffic at a
construction site overnight.
All eastbound lanes at exit 60 were closed for a police
investigation.