Rocky Point Crash Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Wounded

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 21, 2016

A 55-year-old Medford man was killed and a second man was injured in Rocky Point on Tuesday morning.

Suffolk County police said Sean Carpenter, 25, of Medford, was driving a Subaru Outback southbound on County Road 21 when his vehicle crossed into the opposite lanes of traffic and struck a northbound Nissan Sentra, driven by Jose Amaya at 5:50 a.m.

Amaya was pronounced dead at the scene. Carpenter was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Seventh Squad detectives impounded the vehicles, are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information on the crash to call them at 631-852-8752.

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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.