Miller Place Man Killed in Truck Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 13, 2015

A 64-year-old Miller Place man was killed when he crashed his pickup truck in Mount Sinai over Columbus Day weekend.

Suffolk County police said Reinhold Schierwagen of was driving a Ford F150 eastbound on North Country Road when his vehicle struck a guardrail and shrubs at 6:55 p.m. Friday.

The victim was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he later died.

Sixth Squad detectives are continuing the investigation and ask anyone who may have witnessed the crash to call them at 631-854-8652.

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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.