Long Island, NY: 35-year-old man injured as Car Shears Off Light Pole and Overturns on Monday, August 3rd 2015

A single-vehicle wreck shut down both northbound lanes of Belle Terre Parkway north of Bird of Paradise at 4:19 p.m. when a driver lost control of his vehicle and struck a concrete light pole, overturning his vehicle and felling the light pole.Flagler County Fire Flight, the emergency helicopter, landed on Belle Terre to transport Peter Slusarz, a 35-year-old resident of Palm Coast’s B-Section, but ended up not doing so. Slusarz was transported by ground to Halifax hospital in Daytona Beach.Shortly before the crash, the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office got a report from employees at Joe’s Pizza, the restaurant on Palm Coast Parkway, informing dispatch that they had tried to take the keys away from a driver who was leaving their restaurant, because they thought he was drunk. They’d been unsuccessful. The man left in a vehicle that matched the description of the one that soon after overturned on Belle Terre, Jim Troiano, the sheriff’s office’s chief spokesman, said.

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Palm Coast Man, 35, Injured as Car Shears Off Light Pole and Overturns on Belle Terre Parkway