The Nassau County highway patrolman who was severely injured while participating in a funeral procession last month was released from Stony Brook University Hospital Thursday amid cheers from his fellow officers — and a passionate plea for roadside safety from the doctor who oversaw his monthlong hospitalization.

Michael Hyland, 53, raised his fist as his gurney was loaded into a Nassau police ambulance, sparking even louder applause from the scores of officers who gathered outside the hospital on a cool, breezy morning to wish him well.

Hyland was taken to St. Charles Rehabilitation in Smithtown, where he will continue his recovery. He suffered horrific injuries after his motorcycle was struck by a 2020 Toyota Tundra, according to Dr. James Vosswinkel, Stony Brook’s chief of trauma surg

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