Jose Balmore Gonzales-Flores, of Mastic Beach, dies after minivan he was working on falls on him, police say
A Mastic Beach man was killed after the vehicle he was working on outside his home fell on him, Suffolk police said. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto/kali9
Suffolk County police are investigating the death of a man after his minivan fell on him outside his Mastic Beach home.
Around 8:45 p.m., police responded to a house on Cypress Drive after receiving a 911 call about a man pinned under a vehicle.
Police determined that Jose Balmore Gonzales-Flores, 43, had been working underneath his Honda Odyssey in the driveway when the supports failed, causing the minivan to fall on him.
Gonzales-Flores was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
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