Queens motorcyclist dies in Southern crash

State Police are investigating the death of an East Elmhurst, Queens, man whose motorcycle crashed into a tree  on the Southern State Parkway in Rockville Centre.

Police said the 28 year old  was driving west on the parkway near Peninsula Boulevard, Exit 19, when he lost control of his BMW motorcycle and struck a tree off the north shoulder.

He was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre where he was pronounced dead, police said

Cops: Object thrown at car, passenger hurt

Southampton Town police asked the public's help identifying a suspect who threw a piece of brick or concrete at the windshield of a passing car on Lake Avenue, in Riverside, injuring a front-seat passenger in the damaged vehicle.

Southampton detectives said the act of reckless endangerment took place  as a 2011 Toyota Camry was headed north on Lake Avenue, with a female passenger in the front seat. As a second vehicle, identified as an older green or black sport utility vehicle, approached from the opposite direction, a passenger leaned out of an open window and threw the object at the Camry.

The suspect who threw the brick or concrete was described as a young man with short blond hair.

"The item struck the windshield on the passenger's side of the vehicle, causing the glass to shatter," a Suffolk County Crime Stoppers report said. A female passenger sitting in the Camry's front seat, was injured by the shattered glass and was taken by ambulance for treatment at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead.

Man Wounded in Patchogue Shooting

Suffolk County Police Fifth Squad detectives are investigating the shooting of a man in the parking lot of a bar in Patchogue. 

The victim, a 24 year old male of North Bellport, had left The Pub, located at 232 East Main St., and was in the rear parking lot of the bar when he was shot in the left upper leg by an unknown person. The victim was taken by a private vehicle to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue where he is listed in stable condition.

Man Wounded in West Babylon Shooting

Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a shooting that injured a man in West Babylon.

An 18-year-old man from West Babylon was standing in front of 25 Lodge Place when he was shot.  The victim was shot twice in the back, once in his left leg, and a bullet grazed his ear.  He was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Motorcyclist Killed in Two-Vehicle Crash

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.

Cops: Elderly woman struck in North Massapequa

Police say an elderly woman was struck by a car in North Massapequa. 

According to detectives, a 78-year-old female had just exited her vehicle in the parking lot of North Broadway and North Kings Avenue when she was struck by a sedan.

According to police, the woman sustained extensive bodily trauma and was taken to a local hospital by a police department ambulance.

No additional injuries were reported and detectives say there is no criminality involved.