Freeport Motorcyclist Killed in Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 17, 2014

A 58-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle was involved in a crash with another vehicle that was making a turn in his hometown of Freeport over the weekend.

Nassau County police said John Broems was riding a Harley Davidson westbound on Merrick Road when he when he struck a Honda that was turning north on Park Avenue at 9:21 a.m. Saturday.

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

The driver, a 53-year-old woman with two 8-year-old boys in the back seat, was not injured.

Homicide Squad detectives impounded the vehicles for tests, are continuing the investigation and found no apparent criminality.

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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.