Bellmore Crash Leaves Motorcyclist Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on August 31, 2014

A 34-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with an SUV in Bellmore on Sunday afternoon.

Nassau County police said the motorcyclist was riding a Harley Davidson westbound on Merrick Road when he collided with an eastbound Mazda SUV that was making a left turn into the shopping center at Winthrop Avenue at 12:13 p.m.

The victim as taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead .

Neither the other driver nor her passengers were injured. The victim’s identity was not immediately released.

Homicide Squad detectives found no apparent criminality and impounded both vehicles.

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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.