PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY. (THECOUNT) — Joel Almanzar, of Port Jefferson Station, New York, has been identified as the victim in a fatal Thursday morning BMW crash in Suffolk County.

Almanzar, 36, was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Green Avenue in Port Jefferson Station early Thursday morning.

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According to reports, Almanzar was operating a BMW on Green Avenue, when for unknown reasons, the car veered off the roadway. The vehicle then made contact with a parked vehicle and came to a rest after striking a fence around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning.

Almanzar was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember Almanzar:

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Geo quick facts: Port Jefferson Station is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 7,838 as of the 2010 census – Wikipedia.