DIX HILLS, NY – Issued May 9, 2026
Suffolk County Police Second Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a man in Dix Hills on Saturday, May 9, 2026 at approximately 7:15 AM.
Arturo Parada was driving a 2007 Kenworth tractor-trailer westbound on Express Drive North when the tractor-trailer was struck by a 2022 Jeep Wrangler traveling northbound on Bagatelle Road at approximately 7:15 a.m. The tractor-trailer overturned and the cab struck trees and a utility pole.
Parada, 49, of Brentwood, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. The female driver of the Jeep, 16, of Melville, was treated and released from Huntington Hospital. She was issued a summonses for driving out of class and failing to stop at a red light.
Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.
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Authority: Kevin Catalina, Commissioner
Suffolk County Police Department
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