Crime & Safety

Teenager Killed After Car Overturns, Hits Utility Pole: PD

A 17-year-old boy died after a car drove into the opposite lane of traffic, overturned, and hit a utility pole, police say.

A 17-year-old boy is dead after a car crash early Tuesday morning.
A 17-year-old boy is dead after a car crash early Tuesday morning. (Shuttershock)

BAY SHORE, NY – A 17-year-old died in Bay Shore after the driver of a car he was in lost control of his vehicle, drove into the opposite lane of traffic, overturned, and hit a utility pole on Tuesday morning, police said.

Another 17-year-old, who was driving a 2018 Infinity Q50 eastbound on Pine Aire Drive near Taylor Avenue, he lost control of the vehicle at about 12:30 a.m., police said. The Infinity crossed over the westbound lane of traffic, then left the roadway, struck a utility pole, and rolled over, police saidd.

The front passenger, Joel Rodriguez, of Bay Shore, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant of the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said. The driver was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

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The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Third Squad at 631-854-8352.

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