Patchogue Man Killed in Car Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on February 24, 2014

A 49-year-old man was killed when he crashed his car in his hometown of Patchogue on Sunday night.

Suffolk County police said Kelly Charles was driving a Nissan Altima southbound on Waverly Avenue when his vehicle veered off the road and hit a tree near West 2nd Street at 10:18 p.m.

Charles was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead.

Fifth Squad detectives impounded the car, are continuing the investigation and ask anyone with information about the crash to contact them at 631-854-8552.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.