Melville Crash Leaves Bicyclist Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on July 14, 2014

A 33-year-old Farmingdale man was fatally struck by an SUV while riding a bicycle in Melville over the weekend.

Suffolk County police said Bruce Pye was riding his bike eastbound on Old Country Road when he collided with a Chevrolet Tahoe that was making a left onto Tuxedo Drive shortly after 3 p.m.

The victim was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he later died.

The driver, 48-year-old Salvatore Ceravolo of Melville, was not injured.

Second Squad detectives ask anyone with information on this crash to call them at 631-854-8252.

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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.