East Northport Woman Killed in Car Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on September 9, 2013

A 78-year-old woman was killed when she crashed her car in her hometown of East Northport on Sunday afternoon.

Suffolk County police Barbara Dedicke was driving a Honda southbound on Elwood Road when her vehicle struck a parked car and a utility pole just north of Clay Pitts Road at 3:30 p.m.

Dedicke was pronounced dead at the scene. She was driving alone and there were no other injuries.

Second Squad detectives impounded the Honda, are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information regarding this crash to call them at 631-854-8252.

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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.