SUV crashes through East Northport physical therapist office, police say

An elderly woman stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake and sent her 2021 Subaru Forester careening through the storefront of a business in an East Northport strip mall on Monday, police said.

Suffolk County police said the woman and her husband were transported to the hospital for evaluation, and no one inside the business was injured.

The crash took place at 11:30 a.m. and involved the ROM on the Run Physical Therapy center at 290 Larkfield Rd. Police said the Suffolk Fire Marshal's Office and building inspectors were working to determine if the building was structurally sound.

Photos from the scene showed the Subaru inside the therapy center, balanced precariously on its two right-side tires. The storefront windows were gone, and bricks from the facade were scattered about.

No one answered phone calls to the business. Attempts to reach the owners at other listed numbers were unsuccessful.

A receptionist at the nearby H&R Block tax prep office in the mall, Sean Weidner, said, "We didn't even realize it happened until emergency vehicles started pulling up."

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a Newsday reporter since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press, Society of the Silurians and National Headliner Awards for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing. He is the author of “Swee'pea,” about New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. His debut crime novel, “For Nothing Is Hidden,” rooted in 1950s Long Island, was released in October 2025.