Cops: Ronkonkoma man dies in car crash
Scene of one-vehicle crash where Steve Garcia lost control of his car and crashed into a tree. (Nov. 18, 2010) Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
A Ronkonkoma man died after the car he was driving went off a Ronkonkoma roadway, jumped the curb and crashed into a tree, Suffolk police said.
Steve Garcia, 58, was taken by ambulance to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Garcia was driving a 2006 Nissan westbound on Route 454 about 1 p.m., police said, when the accident took place near the intersection of Kossuth Avenue.
Det. Sgt. Darrell Dabe said investigators are looking into the possibility that Garcia may have had a health problem while driving that contributed to the accident and to his death.
Detectives asked that anyone with information about the crash contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.
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