Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a man in Bellport late last night.
Lester Russell Jr. was driving a 2004 Dodge Durango southbound on Provost Avenue, between Patchogue and Atlantic Avenues, when he lost control of the vehicle in front of 554 Provost Ave. and crashed into a tree at approximately 11:30 p.m.
Russell Jr., 40, of Manorville, was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue for treatment of serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.
Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact the Fifth Squad at 631-854-8552.