Motorcyclist killed in Westbury crash, cops say

A 20-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash Sunday morning in Westbury, Nassau police said.

Nicholas Cartier, of East Farmingdale, was driving a 1999 Yamaha motorcycle westbound on Union Avenue when he “passed a steady red traffic signal” and struck a flatbed truck that was traveling southbound on Grand Boulevard at about 8:34 a.m., police said in a news release.

Cartier was taken to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, where he was pronounced dead by hospital staff at 9:19 a.m., police said. The 51-year-old male driver of the flatbed truck was not injured, police said.

Both vehicles have been impounded for brake and safety checks, police said.

The investigation is ongoing.

By Nicole Fuller

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Nicole Fuller is Newsday's senior criminal justice reporter. She began working at Newsday in 2012 and previously covered local government.