Police: Drive-by shooting causes car to crash into Long Island car wash

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Monday, August 9, 2021

Police: Drive-by shooting causes car to crash in East Patchogue car washPolice say an apparent drive-by shooting caused a car to crash into a car wash in East Patchogue.

EAST PATCHOGUE, Long Island (WABC) -- Suffolk County police say an apparent drive-by shooting is what caused a car to crash into a car wash in East Patchogue on Saturday night.

The car slammed into Robo Automatic Car Wash on Montauk Highway and overturned around 6 p.m.

The three occupants of the car said they were being shot at by someone in another vehicle. They were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries from the crash. None of them suffered gunshot wounds.

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