Police: 29-year-old man killed in Elwood crash
Suffolk County police investigate a fatal crash on Jericho Turnpike in Elwood on Tuesday. Credit: James Carbone
A Huntington man was killed in an early morning single-vehicle crash Tuesday in Elwood, Suffolk County police said.
Peter Insaurralde was driving a 2013 Nissan west on East Jericho Turnpike, just east of Broadway, when the car left the roadway and struck a utility pole, two light poles, and an unoccupied parked vehicle in the parking lot at 1055 East Jericho Turnpike around 4:45 a.m.
Insaurralde, 29, who was alone in the Nissan, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said in a news release
No one else was hurt and the Nissan was impounded for a safety check.
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