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.
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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