Driver killed in single-car crash in Shoreham, police say
A driver died after hitting a tree in Shoreham on Saturday morning, Feb. 24, 2018, police said. Credit: T.J. Lambui
An East Moriches man was killed early Saturday when his vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree in Shoreham, Suffolk County police said.
Michael Austin, 32, was driving a 2004 Ford Ranger north on William Floyd Parkway, just south of Route 25A, when his truck hit the tree at 6:40 a.m., Suffolk police said in a news release.
Austin was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. There were no other passengers in the vehicle.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call 631-852-8752.
Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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