Wyandanch bicyclist dies in crash with ATV, police say
Suffolk County police, the Wyandanch-Wheatley Heights Ambulance Corps and an ambulance from the North Babylon Fire Co. respond to an accident on Davidson Street and Arch Street in Wyandanch on Wednesday afternoon, May 11, 2016. Credit: Paul Mazza
A bicyclist was killed in Wyandanch on Wednesday in a crash with an all-terrain vehicle, Suffolk County police said.
Inoe Dejesus Padilla, 24, was riding his bike on Davidson Street at about 4:15 p.m. when he crashed into an ATV driven by Joel Foster, 26, police said.
Foster, of Peary Street in Wyandanch, was driving a 2015 Yamaha ATV eastbound on Davidson Street when the crash happened; no charges are pending, a police spokeswoman said.
Both were transported by Wyandanch/Wheatley Heights Rescue to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip.
Padilla, of Jamaica Avenue, Wyandanch, was pronounced dead. Foster was admitted with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The ATV was impounded for a safety check, and police said their investigation is continuing.
Detectives ask anyone with information to call the First Squad at 631-854-8152.
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