Teens Seriously Injured In Suffolk Crash

RONKONKOMA, NY – Six people were hurt in a two-car crash in Ronkonkoma Saturday night. Two teens are in the hospital with serious injuries.

According to Suffolk police, 18-year-old Ruben Jaden was driving a 2003 BMW 325i west on Parr Drive when he made a right turn onto Rosevale Avenue and was struck by a northbound 2020 Ford F150 driven by 25-year-old Alec Mislin shortly before 11 p.m.

Two passengers in the backseat of the BMW, Gianna Ruttola, 15, of Lake Grove, and Michael Halderman, 16, of Wyandanch, were taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries, police said.

Mislin, Jaden, and two other passengers in the BMW, a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy, all of Ronkonkoma, were treated at the same hospital for minor injuries.

No criminal charges have been filed. Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to contact the Fourth Squad 631-854-8452.