Central Islip Woman Killed in Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on December 16, 2015

A 22-year-old woman was killed when she crashed her SUV in her hometown of Central Islip on Tuesday morning.

Suffolk County police said Crystal Fuentes was driving a Chevy Trailblazer eastbound on Motor Parkway when she lost control of her vehicle, hit a grassy area, causing the SUV to spin around and Fuentes to be ejected from the truck at 11:50 p.m.

The victim was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where she was pronounced dead.

Third Squad detectives impounded the vehicle, are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about this crash to call them at 631-854-8352.

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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.