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Route 111 Reopened Following Downed Tree Incident

A driver struck a tree in Hauppauge at Route 111 and Maple Avenue.

A Suffolk County police spokesperson said Route 111 has been reopened at Maple Avenue in Hauppauge following an accident involving a downed tree shortly after 2 a.m. on Wednesday.

A driver ran into a tree in that vicinity, causing the tree to fall across the roadway, and police closed the road until 4:25 a.m. after the county's emergency services division came to remove the tree.

The driver was uninjured.


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