North Amityville Crash Kills Newdsay Truck Driver

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 11, 2013

A 51-year-old Central Islip man was killed when he crashed a Newsday delivery truck he was driving in North Amityville early Monday morning.

Suffolk County police said Michael Buccellato was driving a box truck eastbound on Sunrise Highway when he lost control and crossed over the median near Great Neck Road at 3:10 a.m.

Buccellato was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.

First Squad detectives ask anyone with information about this crash is to call them at 631-854-8152.

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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.