Kings Park Man Seriously Injured In Crash At Sunken Meadow Rd/Kohr Rd Intersection

Michael PowellSuffolk County Police today arrested a Northport man for driving while intoxicated following a crash that seriously injured his passenger.

Michael Powell was driving a 2002 Subaru westbound on Sunken Meadow Road when he lost control of his vehicle, east of the intersection of Kohr Road, and struck a tree at 3:09 a.m.

Dennis Clancy, 24, of Kings Park, Powell’s front seat passenger, was transported via Suffolk County Police Helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is listed in serious condition.

Powell, 28, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated and is scheduled to be arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip.

Powell’s vehicle was impounded for a safety check and the investigation is continuing. Detectives are asking anyone who may have witnessed this incident to contact the Fourth Squad at 631-854-8452.

A criminal charge is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

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[KPLIslander]

While these individuals may not have anything to do with this, however when the story reflects the timeframe and location of how close this accident happened to when and where there were in fact a lot of people that were observed exiting the psych center in an inebriated state that same night, it wouldn't be so surprising when one hears about occurrences like this unfortunately happening as it is quite plausible they could perhaps be related. It's not so far fetched that such things could wind up being related when they happen, particularly when one sees and hears all of the nonsense that goes on with one's own eyes and ears.
A number of these people who came out of the Psych Center that same night and early AM hours had chosen to loiter by their parked vehicles in the nearby neighborhood for some reason, and then were inconsiderate with their yelling and screaming in a quiet neighborhood as if it were the middle of the day - all of whom were wrongfully parking in the neighborhood over by GristMill Drive near Lawrence Rd. with the purpose/intent to proceed with illegal activities of at least trespassing, and possibly also any combination of drinking, graffitiing and buying/selling/doing drugs, as if they erroneously think that there is nothing wrong with all of this, as if it was somehow supposed to be considered OK or appropriate in some warped reality, when in fact it's not, regardless if they wish to foolishly choose to think otherwise, and irregardless if they may not care. These people who are just "hanging out", could at least park on the east side of Lawrence Road -North of Boxwood Drive - where they are allowed to park since there are no signs preventing them from doing so , so that it would at least not cause needless disruption in the adjacent neighborhood.