Suffolk County, NY : At least 1 killed in crash involving 3 cars, garbage truck on Sunday, 2nd July 2023

At least one person was killed when an out-of-control garbage truck rear-ended a school bus and three other vehicles in Suffolk County Monday.

According to investigators, just before 9 a.m., the garbage truck was traveling east on Express Drive South in Hauppauge when it crashed into the bus and vehicles which were stopped at red light at the intersection of Motor Parkway.

Investigators say the garbage truck rear-ended a Honda Accord before sideswiping a school bus and then rear-ended a Jeep Grand Cherokee.

The Jeep became lodged in the front of the garbage truck and struck a Toyota Matrix, causing the Toyota to spin into a utility pole.

"I heard a little bit, like, a boom," Preet Singh, the manager of a nearby gas station, said. "It seemed like the truck didn't have any brakes. He just pushed the cars out of the way."

The driver of the Honda, 24-year-old Joseph Kelly, was pronounced dead at the scene.


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