Matthew Pawlak of Riverhead killed in Long Island Expressway crash, police say
A 45-year-old Riverhead man was killed in a one-vehicle crash early Monday morning on the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville, police said.
Suffolk County police said Matthew Pawlak was driving a 2007 Jeep east on the LIE when he lost control between Exits 62 and 63, crashing head-on into the center median at 2:34 a.m.
Police said he died at the scene.
Additional details were not immediately available, but police are asking anyone with information to contact Sixth Squad detectives at 631-854-8652.
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.”
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