East Northport Teen Killed in Sledding Accident

By Timothy Bolger Posted on January 27, 2015

An East Northport teenager died after the snow tube he was sledding on struck a utility pole in Huntington during the blizzard Monday night.

Suffolk County police said Sean Urda and two other 17-year-olds were taking turns snow tubing down Chester Court when Urda lost control and hit light pole at 10 p.m.

The victim was taken to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation.

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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.