♋An SUV burst into flames on Staten Island early Sunday morning aft🐻er smashing into a pole, according to police.
A 69-year-old-man was driving down Forest Avenue just before 5 a.m. when he lost control of his SUV and slammed into a utility pole n🍒ear Dwarf Street, crushing the front end of his car, cops said.
As officers were p🌃ulling the injured mꦕan out of his vehicle, the SUV burst into flames.
A photo oဣf the smashed up vehicle shows the extent of the damage, with singe marks clearly visible on🥂 the roof and the interior almost completely melted away.
The unidentified man was taken toꦏ Richmond University Medical center and is i🐼n critical condition, cops said.