Freeport Man Killed in Crash

By Timothy Bolger Posted on December 15, 2015

A 23-year-old Freeport man was killed when he was involved in a motorcycle crash in Merrick on Sunday afternoon.

Nassau County police said Joel McClain was riding a Yamaha eastbound on Sunrise Highway when he was involved in a collision with a Lexus making a left turn onto Hewlett Avenue southbound at 4:42 p.m.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

The 68-year-old man driving the Lexus and his two female passengers were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

Homicide Squad detectives impounded both vehicles but found no criminality.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.