Edison Aguilar, of Patchogue, dies after his motorcycle strikes car trying to turn left in Medford, police say
The crash happened shortly after 6:50 a.m. on Route 112 in Medford. Credit: Paul Mazza
A motorcyclist died after crashing into a car in Medford on Saturday morning, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
The crash happened shortly after 6:50 a.m. on Route 112. Patchogue resident Edison Aguilar, 20, was driving a 2008 Honda motorcycle north on the state highway, Suffolk police said in a news release.
He collided with a 2016 Toyota Matrix that was driven by a 44-year-old Medford resident who was turning left at the Southaven Avenue intersection.
Aguilar was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital, according to police. Neither the Toyota driver nor a passenger in the car were injured.
No criminality is suspected in the crash, a police spokesman told Newsday.
Suffolk police are investigating the fatal crash and ask anyone with information to call the Fifth Squad at 631-852-8552.
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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