What Happened
A 68-year-old Babylon man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash on Little East Neck Road in West Babylon on Thursday afternoon, Suffolk County Police said, as reported by Patch.
According to police, the man was driving a 1966 Chevrolet southbound on Little East Neck Road at approximately 3:25 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, when he crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a 2011 Chrysler.
All three people — the Chevrolet driver, the Chrysler driver, and the Chrysler driver’s niece — were taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, police said. The Chevrolet driver suffered serious injuries, while the Chrysler driver and her niece sustained non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks, Daily Voice reported.
On This Corridor / Local Crash Record
Long Island Traffic’s incident registry shows one prior indexable report on Little East Neck Road in West Babylon in the 12 months before this incident — a motorcycle crash on September 22, 2026. The Town of Babylon, which includes West Babylon, recorded 5,071 reported crashes in 2024, per New York State DMV crash data (2021–2024); of 20,245 reported crashes over that four-year period, 5,648 involved an injury and 70 were fatal.
What Officials Have Said Next
Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact First Squad detectives at 631-854-8152.
What we don’t know yet: no source establishes what caused the 1966 Chevrolet to cross into oncoming traffic, and no source addresses whether any charges or summonses will be issued against the Chevrolet’s driver.