Motorcyclist seriously injured after crashing into parked Jeep in Holbrook
A Bronx motorcyclist was airlifted to Stony Brook after police say he hit a parked Jeep on Hollo Drive in Holbrook. Detectives are now piecing together why he lost control.
A 33-year-old Bronx motorcyclist was airlifted to Stony Brook University Hospital after police say he lost control on Hollo Drive in Holbrook and struck a parked Jeep. Suffolk County police said Ricki Mendoza Alvarado was riding a 2019 Yamaha 950 southbound at about 5:35 p.m. Saturday, June 20, when the motorcycle hit a 2002 Jeep parked on the northbound shoulder in front of 17 Hollo Drive.
Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating the crash, and the motorcycle was impounded for a safety check. Police have not announced a cause, but the impound suggests investigators are looking at whether the motorcycle itself, the roadway, or some other factor played a role in the loss of control.
News 12 separately reported the crash happened around 5:30 p.m. and confirmed that the rider was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital after striking a parked Jeep. The location on Hollo Drive makes the wreck a neighborhood collision rather than a high-speed highway crash, yet the result was still serious enough to require an airlift.
The Holbrook crash came amid a string of motorcycle injuries police have been publicizing across Suffolk County this spring and summer. On June 12, Suffolk County police said a rider was ejected in a South Huntington crash. On April 11, police said another motorcyclist lost control on Smithtown Avenue, crossed the double yellow line and struck a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction near Marconi Drive.
Those cases do not establish a common cause on Hollo Drive, but they show why investigators keep returning to the same questions in motorcycle crashes: speed, lane position, visibility and the condition of the vehicle itself. New York State also maintains county traffic injury data reports with separate tables for motorcyclists, pedestrians and pedal cyclists, while the state Department of Motor Vehicles and the Institute for Traffic Safety Management and Research publish motorcycle crash data and fact sheets that can help place Suffolk’s crashes in a broader state context.
Police asked anyone with information about the Holbrook crash to call detectives at 631-854-8652.
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