Setauket Crash Leaves Taxi Driver Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 2, 2013

A 58-year-old Ridge man was killed when he crashed the taxi cab he was driving in Setauket early Friday morning.

Suffolk County police said Wayne Bracone was driving a cab for Islandwide Taxi westbound on Main Street when the Ford struck a utility pole near the corner of Gnarled Hollow Road at 2:10 a.m.

Bracone was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sixth Squad detectives impounded the vehicle, are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information to call them at 631-854-8652 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

About the Author

Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.