Crime & Safety
E. Patchogue Man Wants Guardrail After Vehicles Crash Through Backyard
A school bus crashing through man's Woodside Avenue backyard and two other crashes leads to his request.
An East Patchogue man is asking for a guardrail after three separate vehicles have crashed into his backyard on Woodside Avenue.
According to a News 12 report, Chris DiRusso is asking Brookhaven Town and Suffolk County to install the guard rail after an unloaded school bus crashed through two weeks ago, a 2007 incident in which a car clipped his fence and a 2004 incident in which a car went through his backyard.
“We constantly deal with high speed traffic and the day of the accident I was home with my son and it sounded like a bomb had gone off in the backyard,” DiRusso said in an News 12 interview referring to the most recent crash.
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DiRusso said he and his son looked out their window and saw the bus in the backyard.
According to the report, the county’s Department of Public Works have said a traffic study and decision on guardrails can take several months.
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Click here for the original report on News12.com (Subscription) and click here for their video interview with DiRusso and Amanda DiRusso.
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