Crime & Safety
Hit-And-Run Crash Kills Motorcyclist In Brentwood: Police
A motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday evening in Brentwood and three men fled the scene, Suffolk County police say.
BRENTWOOD, NY — A motorcyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash Monday evening, Suffolk County police said.
Eloy Khammach La Cruz Andres, 31, of Brentwood, was riding a motorcycle northbound on Wick Road when a southbound driving 2008 Ford Explorer made a left turn in front of the motorcycle at around 7:22 p.m., police said.
The motorcyclist hit the Explorer and was then thrown from the motorcycle which caught fire as a result of the collision, police said.
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Police said three Hispanic men exited the Ford Explorer and fled the scene on foot.
Khammach La Cruz Andres was taken via ambulance to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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