Mount Sinai Man Dies While Driving on Route 83

John DiBella, a 65-year old Mount Sinai resident died while driving his car on North Ocean Avenue last night crashing into a utility pole at the northwest intersection of Canal Road in Mount Sinai.

A police statement reported that DiBella hit the pole in his 2002 Kia at a “slow rate of speed” and he may have suffered from some sort of medical emergency before the crash while driving. He was taken to John T. Mather Memorial Hospital in Port Jefferson by Port Jefferson Ambulance where he was pronounced dead.

Lt. McVeigh of the Suffolk County Police Department's sixth precinct said that two witnesses at the scene told police they saw the car hit the utility pole but that to say what caused DiBella's death would be "just speculation at this time." He also said it would be a long time before anyone knew what happened.

DiBella was alone at the time of the accident and police impounded his vehicle for a safety check. Police are currently asking for anyone who witnessed the accident or has further information to call the sixth precinct at 631-854-8652.

We will update this story as more information becomes available.