The driver of a garbage truck was killed and his passenger injured in a fiery crash in East Islip on Thursday, Suffolk police said.

The driver, Xavier Angulo Espinoza, 45, of Central Islip, was pronounced dead at the scene, Suffolk County police said in a news release on Thursday.

Espinoza was driving the garbage truck east on Sunrise Highway Service Road around 11:48 a.m. when he lost control and the truck overturned, east of the Southern State Parkway, police said.

The passenger was transported to a hospital for treatment. Police did not immediately provide information regarding the passenger's injuries or condition.

Apparent video shot by a passerby showed the truck fully engulfed by flames and heavy smoke.

The crash temporarily closed the service road, which reopened on Thursday a

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