Motorcyclist Dies In Crash On Long Island

SELDEN, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- Suffolk County police are investigating a crash that claimed the life of a motorcyclist in Selden Sunday.

According to police, 20-year-old Travis Smith and 83-year-old Georgia Reeve collided at 11:32 a.m. by the parking lot of a CVS pharmacy at at North Evergreen Drive.

Smith was riding a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle eastbound on Route 25 and Reeve was driving a 1997 Dodge sedan.

The two were taken to Stony Brook University Medical Center, where Smith of Farmingville was pronounced dead, and Reeve of Coram was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks.

Anyone who may have witnessed this crash and has not yet been interviewed by detectives is asked to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652.

All calls will be kept confidential.

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