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Man killed in Greenport crash was newlywed on honeymoon, witness says; police ID Brooklyn couple

A Brooklyn couple married only last week is believed to have been on the North Fork for their honeymoon when tragedy struck today and the groom was killed in a fatal car crash in Greenport.

Police have identified the man killed as Jeremiah Grunblatt, 42, of Brooklyn; he was driving in the car with his wife, Keturah Grunblatt, 39 who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

An EMT at the scene said Keturah Grunblatt told him they had been married just a few days. According to her Facebook page, the couple was married on Sept. 27 and he proposed last August.

Police identified the bus driver as Louis Garnica, 50, of Hampton Bays; he sustained a “severe” leg injury, police said.

A Suffolk County Transit bus, the  S-92, was heading eastbound on Route 25, crossing the bridge east of Sage Boulevard, when it was struck by the couple’s small SUV, which swerved into the eastbound lane, colliding with the bus, hitting it head-on, and then striking the guardrail, according to emergency officials on the scene.

The bus driver was treated at the scene by Greenport Fire Department rescue squad before being transported to a local hospital. Of the five adult passengers of the bus, one was treated for minor injuries.

Route 25 was closed from just past the Port of Egypt marina to Albertson Lane.

The New York State Department of Transportation is opening an investigation.

 

 

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