Farmingdale Crash Leaves SUV Passenger Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on March 8, 2017

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A person was killed when a tractor trailer crashed into an SUV in Farmingdale on Wednesday afternoon.

Nassau County police said the trucker hit a Toyota Rav4 on Route 109 at the corner of Main Street at 2:39 p.m.

A passenger in the SUV was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim was identified Thursday as Byron Lunda, 28, of Bay Shore.

Homicide Squad detectives are continuing the investigation into the cause of 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.