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Cash, Dirt Bike Stolen In Separate Incidents To Sell Items In Fairfield County
Police in one Fairfield County city are warning residents to be careful where they conduct personal sales after one person was robbed of cash and a dirt bike was stolen in another.
The incident both took place on Monday, Sept. 27, in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management.
The first theft took place around 4:30 p.m. in the 500 block of Trumbull Avenue when a man told Bridgeport police that he was supposed to meet two men to purchase a vehicle.
Two men showed up, one armed with a gun, and instead of buying a car, the man was robbed of $1,500.
Both men, described a…
Motorcyclist, 26, Seriously Hurt In Head-On Crash With SUV In Sussex County
A motorcyclist was seriously injured after crashing head-on into an SUV in Sussex County Sunday afternoon, state police said.
Dakotah Lewis, 26, was riding a Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on Route 23 when he crossed over into the northbound lanes and crashed head-on into a Ford Explorer near milepost 48 in Wantage Township just before 1:20 p.m., WRNJRadio reports citing NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez.
Lewis, of Highland Mills, suffered serious injuries, while the Ford driver and passenger suffered minor injuries in the crash, which remains under investigation, Goez said.
Two Killed In Sunrise Highway Crash
Two people were killed in an overnight crash on a busy Long Island roadway.
It happened around 9 p.m. Friday, May 21 in Bohemia.
Kazimierz Wiszowaty, age 61, of Holtsville, left his disabled 2005 Toyota sedan on the right shoulder of eastbound Sunrise Highway (Route 27), Suffolk County Police said.
When he was walking back to his disabled vehicle under the Smithtown Boulevard overpass, he was struck by a 2018 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle being operated by Robert Pappas, age 23, of Patchogue, in the right lane, according to police.
Wiszowaty and Pappas were both …
Long Island Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash
A motorcyclist on Long Island was seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash.
The crash took place around 4:22 p.m., Tuesday, May 18, on Peninsula Boulevard in Lynbrook, said the Nassau County Police.
According to detectives, while heading southbound on Peninsula Boulevard, a 34-year-old man driving a 2020 Kawasaki motorcycle, collided with a 2006 Kia Minivan traveling northbound before making a left turn onto Lynbrook Avenue.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist was ejected, suffered multiple trauma injuries, and was transported to an area hospital.
The motorcycle was i…
Man Killed After Losing Control Of Bike, Crashing Near CT Home, Police Say
A 23-year-old Connecticut man was killed after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing near his home.
Gerver Sinay-Sacrapal, of New Haven, was killed around 6:22 p.m., Sunday, April 4, on Quinnipiac Avenue in New Haven, said New Haven Police Captain Anthony Duff.
According to Duff, Sinay-Sacrapal was operating a Kawasaki EX400 motorcycle and traveling southbound on Quinnipiac Avenue near Essex Street when he attempted to pass a vehicle and lost control of the motorcycle.
He then struck an unoccupied parked vehicle, and upon impact, he was ejected from the motorcycle, Duff said.
New …
Long Island Teen Seriously Injured In Crash Between BMW, Motorcycle
A teen was seriously injured in a crash between a BMW and motorcycle on a Long Island roadway.
It happened on Sunday, Oct. 18 at approximately 5:20 p.m. in Shirley.
Suffolk County Police Seventh Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a motorcyclist this evening.
Edward Biredsall, 63, of Copiague, was operating a 2018 BMW westbound on Victory Avenue, in a turning lane in front of 38 Victory Ave., when his vehicle was struck by a 2017 Kawasaki motorcycle, Suffolk County Police said.
The operator of the motorcycle, Jayden France, 19, of Mas…
