West Islip, NY : Driver killed, off-duty cop arrested in Sunrise Hwy. crash on Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016

An accident investigation closed westbound Sunrise Highway between exits 40 and 41, in West Islip, on Tuesday morning, Sept. 27, 2016, Suffolk County police said.

A Suffolk County police officer was arrested Tuesday after he drove the wrong way on Sunrise Highway in West Islip and crashed into another vehicle, killing the driver, police said.

Robert Scheuerer, 24, an officer in the Third Precinct who was off-duty at the time of the crash, was charged with felony first-degree reckless endangerment, police said. He remained hospitalized Tuesday night...

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Driver killed, off-duty cop arrested in Sunrise Hwy. crash, police say