Glen Head Crash Leaves Motorcyclist Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on November 17, 2014

A 21-year-old Hempstead man was killed when he crashed his motorcycle in Glen Head on Sunday night.

Nassau County police said Jeffrey Schneider was riding a Kawasaki Ninja northbound on Glen Cove Avenue when he struck a large rock, causing him to be ejected into a tree at the corner of University Place at 9:41 p.m.

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

Third Squad detectives impounded the motorcycle for tests 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.