Boy riding bicycle in Wyandanch hit by car, seriously injured, Suffolk police say
Suffolk police respond to the scene where an 8-year-old boy riding a bicycle was struck by a vehicle on Brook Avenue just north of Lake Place in Wyandanch on Friday afternoon. Credit: /Tom Lambui
An 8-year-old boy was hit by a car and seriously injured while riding his bike in Wyandanch on Friday, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
The child was struck at about 3:30 p.m. He was riding his bike on Brook Avenue, near where that road intersects with Spruce Street, when he “veered into the middle of the roadway” and was hit by a 2016 Honda CR-V, according to the department’s press release.
Police said he was seriously injured and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center for treatment.
The 25-year-old Wyandanch woman who was driving the car was uninjured, but ticketed for driving “with a permit only,” according to the press release, which added that her vehicle was “impounded for a safety check.”
Police are investigating the incident and ask anyone with information to contact the First Squad at 631-854-8152.
More coverage: Every 7 minutes on average a traffic crash causing death, injury or significant property damage happens on Long Island. A Newsday investigation found that traffic crashes killed more than 2,100 people between 2014 and 2023 and seriously injured more than 16,000 people. To search for fatal crashes in your area, click here.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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'Success is zero deaths on the roadway' Newsday reporters spent this year examining the risks on Long Island's roads, where traffic crashes over a decade killed more than 2,100 people and seriously injured more than 16,000. This documentary is a result of that newsroom-wide effort.
