Shirley man killed in Sunrise Highway crash

Police have identified the Shirley man killed in a two-vehicle crash that injured two others and shuttered a portion of Sunrise Highway in Shirley for several hours, Suffolk police said.

At around 1:37 p.m. Friday, Darrell Sumpter, 51, of Shirley, was driving a 2002 Cadillac in the left westbound lane of Sunrise Highway between Horseblock Road and William Floyd Parkway “when the vehicle swerved and struck a 2021 Ford utility truck traveling in the right lane,” Suffolk police said Friday evening.

Both the car and the truck vacated the road and overturned, authorities added.

Sumpter was pronounced dead at the scene, Suffolk police said.

The 48-year-old female passenger in the Cadillac and the 52-year-old man driving the Ford truck “were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries,” Suffolk police said.

Both vehicles were impounded for a safety check, authorities said. All westbound lanes on Sunrise Highway between Horseblock Road and William Floyd Parkway — Exits 57 and 58 — were closed for several hours while Suffolk detectives conducted an investigation into the crash, a police department spokesperson confirmed. All westbound lanes reopened Friday evening.

Suffolk police ask anyone with information regarding the crash to call the fifth squad at 631-854-8552.