Cops: Driver dies after serious crash in Mt. Sinai

A male motorist has died after his SUV left the road and struck a utility pole in Mt. Sinai, Suffolk police said Wednesday.

Joseph Campolo, 73, of Port Jefferson Station, was driving a 2010 Ford Edge SUV on Canal Road on Tuesday when the collision occurred just before 9 a.m., according to police.

Photographs showed an overturned vehicle next to a utility pole.  The section of road was temporarily closed. 

The driver had been taken to Port Jefferson's John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in critical condition, the police said.

The vehicle will undergo safety checks, the police said. Any witnesses should call 631-854-8652.