Police: Motorcyclist hurt in crash in Orient

A Shoreham man was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck Sunday in Orient, police said.

The crash occurred on Route 25 at 8:35 a.m., Southold Town police said.

Police said the motorcyclist, Thomas A. Ianniello, 25, was driving his 2012 Kawasaki west on Route 25 when he “attempted to pass a pickup truck” driven by Francisco J. Sanchez, 62, of Orient.

But, police said, Sanchez was in the process of turning into a farm field when Ianniello attempted to pass him — and the motorcycle collided with the pickup. As a result of the collision, police said the motorcycle crashed into a debris pile.

Both drivers were issued traffic summonses.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”