What to Know
- A woman died and her baby was hospitalized in critical condition following a Thursday morning crash on Long Island, Suffolk County officials said.
- According to police, the vehicle was traveling northbound on County Road 101 and collided with the mini bus traveling eastbound on Express Drive South at 7:35 a.m.
- The driver of the vehicle, 31-year-old Jacklyn Smollan, was pronounced dead at the scene, and her 1-year-old baby girl, who also in the vehicle, was hospitalized in critical condition.
A woman and her 1-year-old baby girl following a Thursday morning crash on Long Island, Suffolk County officials said.
According to police, a vehicle was traveling northbound on County Road 101 and collided with the mini school bus traveling eastbound on Express Drive South near the Long Island Expressway at 7:35 a.m.
The driver of the vehicle, 31-year-old Jacklyn Smolian, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her infant daughter, Joelaya Smolian-Davenport, who was strapped in a car seat in the back, was transported to Long Island Community Hospital and then transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital, which has a pediatric ICU. She was later pronounced dead.
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The 73-year-old driver of the bus and a passenger on the bus, a 61-year-old female, were treated for injuries that were not considered to be life-threatening.
No children were on the bus at the time of the crash. Images from the scene showed the bus overturned on its side.
It remains unclear at this point what exactly caused the crash. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
