Police say a woman died in a crash early Sunday morning in Yaphank while she had her 1-year-old daughter in the car.
Officers say it happened around 1:20 a.m. southbound on William Floyd Parkway.
They say 41-year-old Fay Vella, of Selden, was driving on the exit ramp to express drive north when she lost control of her vehicle.
The car smashed through a chain link fence, overturned and then came to a stop in the woods off the roadway.
Vella was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her daughter was not injured in the crash and has been released to a family member.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.