Suffolk Officials To Unveil Kids, Cars, and Consequences Educational Trailer, Highlighting Road Victims

YAPHANK, NY — The Suffolk County Police Department, law enforcement agencies, EAC Network, and Suffolk County STOP-DWI will unveil the Kids, Cars, and Consequences educational trailer on Monday at police headquarters in Yaphank.

Police Commissioner Kevin Catalina, Sheriff Dr. Errol Toulon Jr., state police Major Christopher Casale, and Chief Assistant District Attorney Allen Bode will join family members, government leaders, and community partners to honor Timothy Carpenter, Patrick Mapleson, and Andrew McMorris, who were killed in three preventable crashes.

Carpenter was killed by an alleged drugged driver in Farmingville in 2023. Mapleson was killed in a work zone crash 20 years ago in Holtsville. McMorris was killed by a drunk driver in 2018 in Manorville.

Along with sharing the stories of three crash victims, the exhibit features the wreckage of the vehicle Carpenter was riding in when it was struck by a drugged driver in 2023.

The trailer is part of Kids, Cars, and Consequences, EAC’s teen driving program. The trailer is the first of its kind on Long Island and will give students and other visitors a first-hand look at the consequences of unsafe driving.

It will begin at 11 a.m.