Crime & Safety
Police: Medford Woman Killed In Coram Crash
89-year-old resident lost control of her vehicle Monday night, police said.
A Medford woman was killed in a car crash in Coram Monday evening, said Suffolk County Police.
Betty Lincoln, 89, was driving a 2001 Chevrolet southbound on Route 112 when she apparently lost control south of Pauls Path around 6:15 p.m., police said. The vehicle crossed the double lines into the northbound lane and crashed into a 2011 Nissan head-on driven by Tanya Sydnor-Holmes, 45 of Bay Shore.
Lincoln was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.
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Sydnor-Holmes was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue.
Both vehicles were impounded for a safety check, police said.
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Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.
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