SELDEN, N.Y. (AP) — An off-duty Suffolk County police officer who survived cancer and months of grueling radiation and chemotherapy was killed in a one-car crash on Long Island. Police say Officer Vincent Pelliccio was driving northbound on Nicolls Road in Selden shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday when he crashed his Jeep into a median. He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Newsday reports that Pelliccio was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2017 and underwent intensive radiation and chemotherapy. He later had surgery to remove the remaining cancerous growth from his stomach. Pelliccio returned to full duty in March 2018.
Photo: Officer Vincent Pelliccio, photo courtesy of Suffolk County Police Public Information Office
