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Vehicle splits in two, snaps utility pole in West Babylon, police say

An early Sunday crash in West Babylon is being investigated by Suffolk police in which a driver hit and snapped a utility pole and split the vehicle in two before fleeing the scene, authorities said. Credit: Paul Mazza
By Vera Chinesevera.chinese@newsday.comX@VeraChinese

Suffolk police are investigating a crash in West Babylon early Sunday in which a driver hit and snapped a utility pole and split the vehicle in two, before fleeing the scene, authorities said.

Police responded to a report of a crash on the westbound Sunrise Highway service road between Sand Street and Farber Drive about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. The driver and any occupants of the vehicle had fled on foot before police arrived, police said.

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Suffolk police are investigating a crash in West Babylon early Sunday in which a driver hit and snapped a utility pole and split the vehicle in two, before fleeing the scene, authorities said.

Police responded to a report of a crash on the westbound Sunrise Highway service road between Sand Street and Farber Drive about 4:30 a.m. Sunday. The driver and any occupants of the vehicle had fled on foot before police arrived, police said.

The investigation is continuing.

Vera Chinese covers Suffolk County government and politics. She joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.

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