Three people killed in Long Island crashes on same day, in Uniondale, Hempstead and Lake Ronkonkoma
Nassau County police work at the scene of the Uniondale crash on Saturday afternoon. Credit: Lou Minutoli
Three people were killed on Long Island roads on Saturday, in three separate crashes.
A motorcyclist traveling on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Uniondale Saturday afternoon lost control and struck a fence, Nassau County police confirmed.
Police and EMS units responded to the crash in the southbound lanes of the roadway near the Cradle of Aviation Museum around 2 p.m. The motorcyclist, whose name had not been released as of Sunday morning, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Later in the day a pedestrian was killed in Lake Ronkonkoma. Sabra Huber, 61, of Ridge was walking on Ronkonkoma Avenue near Portion Road at about 6:40 p.m. Saturday evening, when she was hit by a car, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. Huber was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The driver was not injured and has not been charged.
In the third fatal collision, a man riding an e-bike Saturday night on Franklin Avenue in Hempstead was struck and killed by a Jeep driven by William Reyes, 54, of Hempstead, Nassau County police said. Reyes was driving east on Peninsula Blvd. at about 11:30 p.m. when he hit the cyclist, according to police. The victim, whose name has not been released, was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
Reyes left the scene and was later arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an incident with a fatality, police said.
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