A 54-year-old motorcyclist from Centereach was killed after colliding with a car...

A 54-year-old motorcyclist from Centereach was killed after colliding with a car on eastbound Portion Road, just west of Hawkins Avenue in Lake Ronkonkoma on Saturday. Credit: Newsday / James Carbone

A motorcyclist was killed Saturday night in Lake Ronkonkoma after colliding with a passenger vehicle.

Dariusz Sokolowski, 54, from Centereach, was driving a Harley-Davidson on Portion Road near Hawkins Avenue at about 8:10 p.m. when it collided with a Subaru turning onto the road from a parking lot, Suffolk County police said.

Sokolowski was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital. The driver of the Subaru was treated for minor injuries at the hospital.

Suffolk County police detectives are investigating the crash. "There was no criminality, no charges — very unfortunate," a spokesman for the Suffolk County police said.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

More coverage: In 2023, 222 people died in Long Island car crashes. Suffolk has led the state in the total number of traffic fatalities for at least a decade, while Nassau has ranked second deadliest in six of the past 10 years, a recent Newsday analysis found.

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