Crime & Safety

Motorcyclist In Serious Condition After Being Ejected Off Bike In Port Jefferson Station Crash: Police

He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries, Suffolk police say.

PORT JEFFERSON STATION, NY —Detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously hurt a motorcyclist Thursday night, Suffolk police said.

A man was speeding in a 2022 Honda motorcycle westbound on Nesconset Highway, when he tried to bypass traffic by traveling on the right shoulder of the roadway, where his motorcycle struck a 2020 Chevrolet Camaro that was turning right into a parking lot on Nesconset Highway, at around 8 p.m., according to police.

The man, a 19-year-old from Port Jefferson Station, was ejected off of the motorcycle, went over the hood of the Camaro, and struck a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu that was exiting the parking lot to head westbound onto Nesconset Highway, police said.

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He was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious
injuries, police said, adding that the driver of the Camaro, a 39-year-old from Port Jefferson, and the driver of the Malibu, a 69-year-old from Coram, were not hurt.
The vehicles were impounded for a safety check.

Detectives are asking anyone with information about the crash to contact the 6th Squad in Selden at 631-854-8652.

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