Car crashes into Center Moriches overpass, overturns after driver falls asleep
The 19-year-old Mastic man was driving a 2016 Lincoln sedan when he left the roadway and struck an LIRR bridge, police say.
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A teen driver escaped injury after his car overturned in Suffolk County early Sunday morning.
The Center Moriches Fire Department was requested to respond to the crash around 2:45 a.m. on Montauk Highway near Wilcox Avenue.
Upon arrival, emergency personnel found a single vehicle overturned on its side at the LIRR overpass in Center Moriches.
Suffolk police tell News 12 a 19-year-old Mastic man was driving the 2016 Lincoln sedan when he fell asleep at the wheel, left the roadway and struck the railroad bridge.
The impact was so significant, the engine was separated from the car, fire officials say.
The driver had already exited the vehicle before firefighters got the scene and refused medical treatment.
