Center Moriches Crash Leaves Bicyclist Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on July 10, 2014

A 26-year-old man was fatally struck by an SUV while riding his bicycle in his hometown of Center Moriches on Thursday morning.

Suffolk County police said Victor Morales was riding a bike on Montauk Highway when he tried to cross the roadway near the corner of Railroad Avenue and was hit by an eastbound Nissan Pathfinder at 7:25 a.m.

The victim was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver, 60-year-old Vera Bailey of Shirley, was not injured.

Seventh Squad detectives are asking anyone with information on this crash to call them at 631-852-8752.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.