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* UPDATE* State Police Investigate Fatal Crash in Smithtown

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Added to The State & Nation: October 13, 2026

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New York State Police identified Vijay P. Cheema, 74, of Fort Salonga as the person killed after a vehicle struck the toll-booth area at the entrance to Sunken Meadow State Park in Smithtown and caught fire at about 11:14 a.m. September 14. Police said their investigation determined that Cheema died by suicide; the original response involved State Police investigators, State Park Police, the Smithtown Fire Department and the Suffolk County Police Department.

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