Suffolk County Police Fourth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a Nesconset man after his vehicle caught fire.
On July 3 at approximately 3:40 p.m., John Morici was driving down a driveway of a Nissequogue home in a 2002 Hyundai XG 350, when he left the pavement and drove off the driveway down a rear-yard embankment. The vehicle came to a stop and then caught fire.
Morici, 61, exited the vehicle, where he collapsed. He was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
The vehicle will be impounded for a safety check. Detectives are investigating whether the undercarriage struck an object, which caused the vehicle to catch fire.
Anyone with information on this crash is asked to contact Fourth Squad detectives at 631-854-8452.