Suffolk County Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a woman who was found in a submerged car in Port Jefferson.
Sixth Precinct police officers responded to the Town of Brookhaven boat ramp, located at West Broadway and Barnum Avenue, after a 911 caller reported seeing a vehicle in the water. When officers arrived, they discovered a Toyota Corolla in the water with a single occupant inside.
The car’s occupant, an 87 year old woman, of 19 Brook Lane, Port Jefferson Station, was extricated from the vehicle by members of the Port Jefferson, Mount Sinai and Rocky Point Fire Department dive teams as well as members of the Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau. She was transported to St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson where she was pronounced dead.
