A man is dead and a woman is injured after their car struck a tree early Friday in Hicksville, Nassau County police said.

Around 2:25 a.m., a 51-year-old woman was driving a 2003 Honda Accord east on East Barclay Street when she lost control of the car and struck a tree near the intersection of Bay Avenue, according to police.

Her passenger, a 52-year-old man who was not identified by police, was pronounced dead at the scene by a police medic.

The driver was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

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