Cops Discover Body, Abandoned Car Near Caleb Smith

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Shirley woman after she left the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in Smithtown.

At approximately 4:30 a.m., Fourth Precinct officers responded to a motor vehicle crash on Jericho Turnpike in the vicinity of Caleb Smith State Park Preserve. Upon arrival, the officers discovered an abandoned vehicle off the roadway that appeared to have been involved in a collision. While inspecting the side of the roadway, the officers discovered the body of a man who had apparently been struck and killed by the driver of the abandoned car.

Upon further investigation, Fourth Squad Detectives determined that Kim Sandvoss, 44, of 139 Forest Ave., was the driver of the car that struck and killed Mark Telfer, 58, of Stony Brook.

Sandvoss was arrested at approximately 11:30 a.m. and charged with Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Motor Vehicle Accident and will be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on January 25. The investigation is continuing.

This same stretch of road has become infamous for motor vehicle crashes. On Halloween of 2007, two Smithtown High School West students died in an accident, which killed a third teen and left another facing charges.