Three people seriously injured in Belle Terre crash

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured three people in the Village of Belle Terre on Nov. 24.

Cole Girardi was driving a 2017 Kia Sportage northbound on Cliff Road, between Old Homestead Road and Bell Circle, when the vehicle veered off the roadway, struck a tree, and caught fire at approximately 10:20 p.m.

A Village of Belle Terre Constable was first to arrive at the scene and helped extricate Girardi and his two passengers, Tyler Kjeka and Emma Angler, from the vehicle. The Port Jefferson Fire Department extinguished the blaze.

Girardi, 19, of Rocky Point, Kjeka, 20, of Rocky Point, and Angler, 20, of Farmingville, were transported to Stony Brook University Hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the Sixth Squad at 631-854- 8652.