Tragic Crash Claims Life: Investigation Underway as Car Collides with Fate in Port Jefferson Station
Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a man in Port Jefferson Station early Sunday morning.
Christopher W. McGuckin 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, at approximately 12:45 a.m.
McGuckin, 54, of Shoreham, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.
Detectives are asking anyone with information on the crash to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.