Crime & Safety
UPDATE: 78-Year-Old East Northport Woman Dies in Crash
The driver was killed instantly when her vehicle hit a pole on Elwood Road.
A 78-year-old East Northport woman died in a car crash Sunday afternoon after hitting a pole on Elwood Road in East Northport.
According to police, Barbara Dedicke was driving a 2005 Honda southbound on Elwood Road when, for an unknown reason, her vehicle left the lane of travel, struck a parked car and then struck a utility pole just north of Clay Pitts Road, between 3rd Avenue and Glenridge Lane, near the entrance of the East Northport Jewish Center at approximately 3:30 p.m.
Dedicke was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office. There were no passengers in her vehicle and no one else was hurt in the crash.
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The Honda was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing.
Anyone with information regarding this crash is asked to call the Second Squad at (631) 854-8252.
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Police are currently investigating the crash.
This article has been updated.
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