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Driver Dead After Plowing Into Pole on Guy R Brewer Boulevard Early Sunday: NYPD

A Jamaica man is dead after driving into a pole on Guy R Brewer Boulevard at 119th Avenue early Sunday morning (GMAPs)

Nov. 15, 2021 By Christian Murray

A 28-year-old man is dead after losing control of his vehicle and smashing into a pole in Jamaica during the early hours Sunday morning.

Terrell Lumpkin was killed while driving a 2013 Infiniti G37 southbound on Guy R Brewer Boulevard at a high rate speed when he struck a wooden pole at the intersection of 119th Avenue at around 12:40 a.m. The vehicle hit the wooden pole before plowing into a metal pole at the location, according to police.

Lumpkin was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.

A 26-year-old passenger was in the vehicle and sustained head injuries, and was transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in stable condition.

Lumpkin lived just two blocks from the scene of the crash.

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