The man, Michael Degore, age 27, was driving a 2016 Chrysler 300 southbound in Lindenhurst on South Strong Avenue when he veered off the road, struck a telephone pole, and then hit a parked vehicle at approximately 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, Suffolk County Police said.
Degore, of Lindenhurst, was ejected from the Chrysler, which then became fully engulfed. The Copiague Fire Department extinguished the fire.
Degore was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip in critical condition.
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