East Shoreham Crash Leaves Scooter Rider Dead

By Timothy Bolger Posted on October 19, 2016

A 25-year-old Rocky Point man was killed when he crashed his scooter head-on with an SUV in East Shoreham on Tuesday afternoon.

Suffolk County police said Nicholas Kennedy was riding his scooter eastbound on North Country Road when he crossed into the opposite lane of traffic and collided with a westbound Dodge Ram at 1:53 p.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The other driver was not injured.

Both the Dodge Ram and the scooter were impounded for safety checks. Seventh Squad detectives impounded both vehicles and are continuing the investigation.

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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.