Bike path guardrail is too late for one family
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | Lynn Scarpati, the mother of Matthew Scarpati, a bicyclist killed in July 2009 on the Wantagh State Parkway bike path, stands at the site of the accident. The Scarpatis have been advocating for the installation of a guardrail alongside the bikeway to protect people who use the recreational path. (May 17, 2010)
Cyclist killed; motorcyclist charged with DWI
JIM Scarpati says his 19-year-old son, Matthew, was a careful young man: He avoided cycling on Long Island Expressway service roads, preferring the calmer bike route along the Wantagh Parkway on the way to Jones Beach. He even rode with a patch kit in case anything went wrong with his red-white-and-blue Colnago.
So when he got a flat along the path on the night of July 20 last year, Matty,...
