Selden woman dies in single-vehicle crash

Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a single-vehicle crash that killed a
woman in Yaphank on Jan. 22.

Fay Vella was driving a 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer, with her one-year-old daughter as a passenger, on
the southbound William Floyd exit ramp to Express Drive North when she lost control of the vehicle,
crashed through a chain link fence, overturned, and came to a stop in the woods off the roadway at
approximately 1:20 a.m.

Vella, 41, of Selden, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the
Suffolk County Medical Examiner. Her daughter was transported to Peconic Bay Medical Center in
Riverhead where she was evaluated and released to a family member. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to call theSeventh Squad at 631-852-8752.