Fatal Crash: Shoreham 54-Year-Old ID'd After Car Hits Pole, Tree In Port Jefferson Station

Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left a Long Island man dead overnight.

08/20/2023 6:00 p.m.

It happened around 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 20 in Port Jefferson Station.

The victim was driving a 2012 Hyundai Genesis southbound on Route 112, near Washington Avenue, when he lost control of the vehicle, which struck a telephone pole and a fire hydrant, and then crashed into a tree, Suffolk County Police said.

The victim, identified as Christopher W. McGuckin, age 54, of Shoreham, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

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