5/23/17 –CENTRAL ISLIP – A Deer Park man is facing new charges in a crash that cost a postal worker his leg.
Letter carrier Michael Martinez
Police say Stefano Belloisi, 51, was driving a Lincoln Continental westbound on Prairie Drive when it veered off the road, struck mail carrier Michael Martinez, his postal truck, a hydrant and a telephone pole.
Prosecutors say Belloisi had cocaine, Xanax and Valium in his system during the incident. His defense attorney disputes the drug charges, saying, “Mr. Belliosi was involved in an accident that had nothing to do with drugs or any other carelessness.”
Martinez, 40, of Bayport, is still hospitalized in the ICU at Stony Brook University Hospital. Read more at
source: Long Island News 12
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