Traffic & Transit
Motorcyclist Killed In Lindenhurst Crash
The 36-year-old motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a car Thursday night.
LINDENHURST, NY — A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Lindenhurst Thursday night, according to Suffolk Police. Jose Espinal-Padilla, 36, of Copiague was driving a Takadi motorcycle northbound on North Wellwood Avenue when the motorcycle crashed into a southbound 2013 Nissan Rogue that was trying to make a left turn onto Newark Street at 9:25 p.m., police said.
Espinal-Padilla was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the Nissan, a 22-year-old Farmingdale woman, was not injured.
Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.
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