Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a crash that killed a man in Medford on March 20.
Wilfredo Garcia was driving a Medford Fire Department truck southbound on Route 112 when the vehicle struck a 2015 Dodge Dart traveling eastbound at the intersection of Express Drive South at approximately 12:35 p.m. The fire truck had its lights and sirens activated. Garcia, 50, of Medford, and two passengers in the fire truck were transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Dodge, Jason Copper, 39, of Sound Beach, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Motor Carrier Section officers conducted a safety check on the fire truck at the scene, and it was impounded. The Dodge was impounded for a safety check.
