Showing posts with label Port Jefferson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Port Jefferson. Show all posts

Monday, March 16, 2009

Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash in Port Jeff

PORT JEFFERSON (Suffolk County Police) - Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash which claimed the life of a 57 year old Port Jefferson man.

Justin Miller, 27, of 662 Route 25A, Port Jefferson was backing a 2004 Sterling dump truck into his driveway, on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. Miller had a friend outside the truck directing him as he backed up. The friend saw a man behind the truck and screamed for Miller to stop. Miller did not hear his friend. The truck’s rear wheels ran over Frank Carroll, 57, of no known address.

Carroll was taken by Port Jefferson Village Ambulance to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital. He was pronounced dead a short time later.

Suffolk County Police Motor Carrier Safety units responded to the scene to perform a safety check. The investigation is continuing. Anyone who may have witnessed this crash is asked to call Sixth Squad detectives at 631-854-8652.