Driver dies in high-speed crash in Medford
A Corvette driver "going at a high rate of speed" on the Long Island Expressway service road in Medford died Friday night after he lost control of the car and crashed into a fence, Suffolk County police said.
Police identified the driver as 35-year-old Lucas Piantieri of Middle Island Avenue in Medford.
The crash happened on the North Service Road, just west of Route 112, about 6:27 p.m. His 2005 Corvette came to rest in front of a home on Ohio Ave., police said.
He was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Medical Center.
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