STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A 46-year-old man, who rooted the New York Jets to victory, took a celebratory sled ride down his driveway in Great Kills that turned deadly last night, when he veered into the path of a car driving down his block, police said.

Police say Raymond Larsen was sledding down his driveway at 286 Cleveland Ave., which is steeply inclined toward the street, and went careening into the roadway as a 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe drove past, at about 8:52 p.m.

The car struck Larsen, and when police and emergency workers arrived, he was unconscious and unresponsive. Larsen was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, Prince’s Bay, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

The driver, a 61-year-old woman who police have not identified, remained on the scene, police said. She did not have alcohol in her system, and investigators do not suspect any criminality on her part, authorities said.

Neighbors said they heard a loud sound, similar to a car hitting a pothole, and then minutes later heard ambulances and saw Larsen, clad in a New York Jets Mark Sanchez jersey, bleeding from the head, lifeless. Larsen reportedly took the disc-like sled out for a celebratory joyride after the Jets upset the New England Patriots in a playoff game last night. The game ended about an hour before the accident occurred.

One witness, who declined to give his name, said the sled looked light blue, “kind of like a frisbee turned upside down, only really big.”

Police cordoned off a section of Cleveland Avenue above Hylan Boulevard for several hours as investigators took measurements and interviewed witnesses and family members of those involved.

“We heard a loud noise, like metal hitting metal, almost,” said neighbor Amir Alishahi. “I didn’t think anything of it.”

Within moments, though, emergency vehicles rushed onto the block, and Alishahi and his house guests ran out to find out about the commotion.

“We went outside, and I saw him laying there, and someone was doing chest compressions,” he said.

Lily Zafaranloo, who was visiting Alishahi at the time, said she saw what appeared to be the Santa Fe driver’s male passenger describing the scene to police, saying “I can’t believe this. I can’t believe this. He came out of nowhere. He was skateboarding.”

Larsen had what Alishahi described as a “real joie di vivre” and a man with a bright, friendly personality.

He would often regularly stage elaborate Halloween and Christmas decorations outside his house, neighbors said, and would sit outside with a large fire pit burning most nights, cold weather notwithstanding.

“It’s really a big loss not having him on the block,” Alishahi said. “He was really a fun, fun guy.”