A motorcycle crash claimed the life of a 44-year-old man in Elmont on Wednesday, Nassau police said.
Robert Fieldhouse, of Franklin Square, was driving his Kawasaki motorcycle westbound on Hempstead Turnpike when he collided with an eastbound Nissan that was making a left turn onto Plainfield Avenue at 11:05 p.m., according to Fifth Squad detectives. 
Fieldhouse was taken to Franklin General Hospital with severe head trauma where he was pronounced dead nearly an hour later. Daniel Calhoun, 38, of Queens Village, who was driving the Nissan, was also taken to Franklin General Hospital where he was treated and released for an arm injury.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks and determined that there was no criminality involved in the crash, police said.
I think a left turn at Plainfield is allowed while traveling east on the tpke. The next left turn is illegal, if I remember correctly, which is the last stretch of Elmont Rd. before it ends where it joins Plainfield.
I believe that intersection is a NO Left Turn intersectioon. The car was making an illegal turn. Why is that not mentioned??
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