NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Officials are investigating the death of an off-duty NYPD officer killed in a crash on the Long Island Expressway late Monday night.
Just after 11 p.m., 30-year-old Ryan McKenna was driving a 2018 Nissan Frontier when he apparently lost control of his vehicle at Exit 51 near Deer Park Avenue in Dix Hills in Suffolk County, police said.
Suffolk County Police Highway Patrol units responded to the eastbound lanes and discovered the overturned vehicle with McKenna trapped inside.
EMS rushed Officer McKenna to Good Samaritan Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
McKenna joined the NYPD in 2015 and was most assigned to PSA 9 in Queens.
Authorities are investigating the cause of the crash.