NYPD: Freeport man killed in Queens crash

A Freeport man was killed early Monday in a single-car crash on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, the NYPD said.

Joseph Debrosse, 56, died after he lost control of his 2013 Hyundai on northbound Woodhaven Boulevard, colliding with a utility pole at Alderton Street at about 3:30 a.m., police said.

Debrosse was found “unconscious and unresponsive with trauma to the body,” police said.

He was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital Center.

Police said that after striking the utility pole the Hyundai came to rest at the intersection of Woodhaven and Eliot Avenue.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”