Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed a motorcyclist in East Patchogue.
A 20-year-old female from Center Moriches was operating a 1998 Ford Explorer. She was traveling eastbound in the left lane of Montauk Highway at the intersection of Sills Road when her vehicle collided with a westbound 2007 Suzuki motorcycle operated by a 41-year-old male from North Babylon.
The driver of the vehicle and the motorcyclist were both transported to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue by the North Patchogue Fire Department Rescue. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the hospital and the driver of the Explorer was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. The identities of the drivers are being withheld pending notification of relatives.
