(Long Island, NY) Suffolk County Police Vehicular Crime Unit detectives are investigating a crash that critically injured a man in Patchogue on Tuesday, October 6.
Robert Hommel was traveling westbound on Sunrise Highway at a high rate of speed when he passed a marked police vehicle, and crashed into the Hospital Road cement column at approximately 2:20 p.m. Hommel was ejected out of the 2015 Audi through the sun roof, which was open at the time of the crash.
Suffolk County Police are investigating a crash that critically injured a man in Patchogue on Tuesday, October 6. Photo Credit: Chris Boyle.
Hommel, 29, of Mastic, was transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, in critical condition. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.
Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Vehicular Crime Unit at (631) 852-6555.
