Suffolk police investigate dirt bike crash in Copiague
Police at the crash scene at Dante Avenue and Verrazano Avenue in Copiague on Monday morning. Credit: Paul Mazza
Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that seriously injured a dirt bike rider Monday in Copiague.
A dirt bike and a vehicle collided at the intersection of Dante Avenue and Verrazano Avenue at 11:07 a.m., police said in a news release.
The dirt bike rider, a male, was transported to Nassau University Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, police said. The driver of the car, a female, was not injured.
Crime in Nassau and Suffolk, 2006-2017 There were 35,503 violent or property crimes recorded on Long Island in 2017 by the state's Division of Criminal Justice Statistics, a 5.7 percent decrease from 2016.
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