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Man Killed After Vehicle Leaves Road, Crashes Into Tree In Rocky Point, Police Say
Police are investigating a fatal overnight crash on Long Island.
It happened at 9:35 p.m. Monday, May 30 in Rocky Point.
A man was operating a 2003 Suzuki motorcycle southbound on Rocky Point Yaphank Road, between Whiskey Road and Route 25A, when he lost control of the vehicle, left the roadway and struck a tree, Suffolk County Police said.
The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, according to police.
Detectives are asking anyone who may …
Man Killed In Two-Vehicle Brentwood Crash
A man was killed after his vehicle collided with a truck on Long Island.
The victim was riding a 2020 Suzuki motorcycle around 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, in Brentwood near Wicks Road when the crash occurred.
An investigation found that Wayne Smith, age 47, of Brentwood, lost control of his motorcycle and collided with a southbound 2020 Freightliner truck, said the Suffolk County Police.
Smith was taken via ambulance to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead, police said.
The driver of the truck, Misael Jiminez, age 63, of Islip, was not injured.
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IDs Released Of Four Killed, Several Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash
State Police have identified the four people killed in a horrific wrong-way Long Island crash that happened just before daybreak on a busy stretch of the Southern State Parkway, according to state police.
It involved several vehicles and happened on the eastbound side at around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the area of Exit 29, in the town of Oyster Bay, said state police.
A Toyota Camry, with the driver as the sole occupant, was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes when it struck a Nissan Rogue traveling eastbound, with four occupants, head on, state police said.
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ID Released For Motorcyclist Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash In Suffolk County
A 26-year-old Suffolk County motorcyclist killed during a two-vehicle crash on Route 25A in Ridge has been identified.
Kodi Zwolinski, of Ridge, was driving a Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Route 25A, just east of the William Floyd Parkway, when his motorcycle rear-ended a 2001 Ford pickup driven by Marie Panhorst at approximately 12:20 p.m., Thursday, May 16, said the Suffolk County Police.
Zwolinski was transported by Ridge Fire Department Rescue to Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead where he was pronounced dead, police said.
Panhorst, 54, of Mastic Beach, was uninjured. Both vehicl…
