A 21-year-old Suffolk County man was killed in a gruesome car crash early Saturday morning, police said.

Reny Cruz-Puente crashed his 2004 Honda Acura TSX into a telephone pole on Deauville Boulevard in Copiague at 1:15 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police and video from the scene.

Cruz-Puente, who is from Copiague, was thrown from the car and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead.

Video showed the car wrapped around the telephone pole with pieces of it strewn across the road.

Police asked anyone with information on the crash to call 631-854-8152.


  Reny Cruz-Puente was killed in the crash on Oct. 9, 2021. Paul Mazza Reny Cruz-Puente was killed in the crash on Oct. 9, 2021. Paul Mazza

  Cruz-Puente was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead. Paul Mazza Cruz-Puente was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead. Paul Mazza
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