Two people died when their car struck a tree in Ronkonkoma on Saturday morning, according to Suffolk County police.

The crash happened at 11:20 a.m. Saturday, police said in a news release Saturday evening. A Subaru Forester going west on Peconic Street crossed into the eastbound lane and hit a tree off the road's edge, killing the male driver and female passenger, according to the release. Both were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

According to the release, the identities of the two people who were killed were being withheld pending positive identification by the county medical examiner's office.

The crash shut down Peconic Street between 13th and 17th avenues. The roadway was reopened at roughly 3:10 p.m.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash, and it was unclear if

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