Julio Borges, of Bellport, drives into woods, killed in crash on LIE in Manorville
A single-vehicle fatal crash occurred on the LIE in Manorville on Friday evening, Suffolk police said. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto
A driver was killed on Friday after he lost control on the Long Island Expressway in Manorville and drove into the woods, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
The driver, 32-year-old Julio Borges of Bellport, had been going west in a 2007 Volkswagen near Exit 69 around 5:41 p.m. when he lost control and drove into the woods on the side of the expressway, the department wrote in a news release. He was declared dead at the scene by a physician assistant with the county medical examiner's office.
No other vehicle was involved.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, roughly 31% of crashes nationwide involve just one vehicle.
The Borges crash is being investigated by police detectives from the Shirley-based Seventh Squad.
The police press office didn't respond to a list of questions, including one seeking the suspected cause of why he lost control.
So far this year, at least 42 people have been killed in traffic crashes on Long Island, according to Newsday's fatality tracker.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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