Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously
injured a motorist in Medford on July 10.

Leonel Ventura Jr. was operating a motorized Varla scooter northbound on the sidewalk of Route 112 when he collided with the passenger side of an idling 2021 Dodge Durango that was attempting to make a right turn out of Speedway Gas, located at 2012 Route 112, at 5:29 p.m. Ventura, 19, of Brentwood, was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious physical injuries. The driver of the Dodge Durango, Keron Simmons, 37, of Coram, was not injured.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.