Man killed in one-car crash in Center Moriches

A Center Moriches man was killed in a single-car crash early Tuesday morning in the hamlet, Suffolk County police said.

Michael Crisci, 38, was driving a 2000 Lincoln southbound on Brookfield Avenue, south of Frowein Road, when the car left the road and struck a mailbox and trees at 7:10 a.m., police said.

Crisci was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to call the Seventh Squad at 631-852-8752.

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.”