Police: Dirt-Biker Rider Doing 'Wheelie' Seriously Hurt After Crash With Minivan On Long Island

A 24-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a minivan while doing a “wheelie" on a dirt bike in a two-vehicle Long Island crash, police said.

A dirt bike driver suffered serious injuries after being struck by a minivan while doing a "wheelie" on Long Island, police said.
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Zak Failla

06/02/2021 10:30 a.m.

Detectives from the Nassau County Police Department said that at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 1, the man was driving an unregistered dirt bike north on Grand Avenue in Baldwin when he crashed into a 2011 Toyota minivan.

As a result of the collision, the driver of the dirt bike suffered “severe trauma injuries” and was transported to an area hospital for treatment, police said.

The operator of the minivan was not injured. There were no passengers inside the vehicle.

Police said that witnesses to the crash stated the dirt bike was “traveling at a very high rate of speed and was doing a ‘wheelie’ as he collided with the other vehicle.”

The investigation into the crash is ongoing.

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