Cops: Man killed in crash into utility pole
Suffolk County police crime scene investigators probe a crash involving a pickup truck that struck a pole on Islip Drive in Sound Beach on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Credit: James Carbone
A Sound Beach man was killed Saturday morning after his pickup truck crashed into a utility pole.
Police said Richard Cambria, 49, of Islip Drive, was driving a 2011 Dodge pickup south on Islip Drive in Sound Beach when the truck veered off the road shortly before noon and struck a utility pole and a retaining wall.
Suffolk County police said Cambria was taken by a Sound Beach Fire Department ambulance to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson where he was declared dead.
The pickup was impounded for a safety check. Authorities are asking anyone with information to call 631-852-8752.
John Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.
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