Planview Man Killed in Car Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 19, 2016

A 50-year-old Plainview man was killed when he crashed his car in Melville on Tuesday night.

Suffolk County police said Eric Schneider was driving a Nissan Maxima westbound on Old Country Road when he drove over a median and struck a guardrail near the corner of Old East Neck Road at 7:05 p.m.

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

Second Squad detectives impounded the car, are continuing the investigation and believe Schneider may have experienced a medical emergency prior to the crash.

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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.