Boy, 14, seriously hurt in Selden dirt bike crash

A dirt bike on the street in Selden where police... — A dirt bike on the street in Selden where police said a 14-year-old boy was seriously injured in a crash on Monday, May 9, 2016. Credit: Stringer News / AJ Ryan

By John Valentijohn.valenti@newsday.comMay 10, 2016

A 14-year-old boy suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries after police said he crashed his dirt bike into a car at an intersection Monday in Selden.

Suffolk County police said the boy was riding a 2006 Honda dirt bike south on Ruland Road when he crashed it into an eastbound 2010 Ford Fusion on Henry Avenue at 4:30 p.m.

The boy, whose identity was not released, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with undisclosed injuries.

The driver of the car was not hospitalized.

It is illegal to ride an unregistered off-road vehicle on a public street. A 14-year-old cannot be licensed.

Police said no charges have been filed, but said that the investigation is continuing.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”