East Islip Woman Crashes Into Building, Dies

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 7, 2016

A 23-year-old woman died after she crashed her vehicle into a building in her hometown of East Islip on Friday morning.

Suffolk County police said Kerri Becvar was driving a Honda southbound on Carleton Avenue, when her vehicle left the roadway and struck the AmVets building near the corner of Washington Street at 8:42 a.m.

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

No one was inside the building, which Town of Islip officials responded to evaluate.

Third Squad detectives ask anyone with information on 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.