Suffolk PD: 1 arrested, 1 injured during overnight car meet in Patchogue

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A large car meet at Gateway Plaza off the Sunrise Highway in Patchogue overnight resulted in one injury and one arrest. Suffolk police say they responded to the area at around 1:15 a.m. and dispersed the crowd. They say one motorist “drove recklessly, fleeing the area at a high rate of speed.” Police arrested Danya Northington, 19, of Roosevelt, on fleeing a police officer in a motor vehicle and reckless endangerment charges. Another 19-year-old, a female who was not named by police, was “struck by a vehicle doing donuts that fled the scene at approximately 1:15 a.m.” She brought herself to a hospital with a serious injury. “Police were contacted about the crash at approximately 3:30 a.m. and Fifth Squad detectives are investigating,” police said. Police were also called overnight to the William Floyd Parkway in Shirley and Route 25A in Sound Beach and Miller Place “for vehicles in roadway obstructing traffic.” Police dispersed the vehicles. A 2023 Dodge was impounded in Shirley after the vehicle stalled and the driver fled on foot. "