Man hurt in 1-car crash on Ocean Pkwy.

A Freeport man suffered who was driving at a high rate of speed on Ocean Parkway suffered a serious head injury when he drove off the road near the Jones Beach tower and hit brush Thursday evening, police said.

Dennis Jones, 32, of Freeport, was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow after the crash.

State Police said Jones was driving a black Hyundai Santa Fe east on Ocean Parkway at "a high rate of speed" when he lost control of the SUV, ran across the grass area of the traffic circle surrounding the tower and then struck brush along the south shoulder of the road. He suffered serious head trauma, police said.

The accident remains under investigation.