Crime & Safety
Long Island Man Killed In Rego Park Crash: NYPD
The 56-year-old man lost control of his 2013 Hyundai and slammed into a nearby utility pole early Monday morning, cops say.
REGO PARK, QUEENS -- A 56-year-old Long Island man is dead after crashing into a utility pole in Rego Park early Monday morning, police said.
Joseph Debrosse, of Freeport, died after he lost control of his 2013 Hyundai on Woodhaven Boulevard and collided with a nearby utility pole on Alderton Street at around 3:30 a.m., cops said.
Police found Debrosse sprawled out unconscious with trauma to his body at the intersection of Eliot Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard.
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Medics rushed him to Elmhurst General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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