Fatal LI Expressway Crash: 45-Year-Old Driver From Riverhead ID'd As Victim In Holtsville

Police are investigating a deadly highway crash on Long Island that killed a 45-year-old man.

Police are investigating a crash on the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville that killed a man early Monday, Oct. 23.
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10/23/2023 2:15 p.m.

The incident happened at around 2:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23, on the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville, according to Suffolk County Police.

An investigation found that Matthew Pawlak, of Riverhead, was driving a Jeep eastbound on I-495 when he lost control between exits 62 and 63, crashing head-on into the center median.

Pawlak was pronounced dead at the scene by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office, police said.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash and nobody else was injured.

Suffolk County Police are asking anyone with information to contact the agency at 631-854-8652.

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