BOHEMIA, N.Y. (THECOUNT) — David Javurek, of Sayville, New York, has been identified as the victim killed in a Wednesday motorcycle crash in Bohemia. Javurek was operating a motorcycle when he was struck by an SUV making a left turn on Lakeland Avenue, the Suffolk County Police Department reported.
Javurek was riding a 2004 Kawasaki motorcycle northbound on Lakeland Avenue when a 2024 Nissan Pathfinder driven by the Bohemia woman attempted to turn left from Peter Lane into the southbound lanes of Lakeland Avenue. The vehicles collided during the turn.
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Javurek, 39, was transported to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the SUV, a 41-year-old Bohemia woman, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Both vehicles were impounded for a safety inspection, and the crash remains under investigation.
No charges have been announced.
Lakeland Avenue — County Road 93 — is a major north-south corridor in central Suffolk County running from Sunrise Highway in the south through Bohemia and northward toward Veterans Memorial Highway and the Long Island Expressway. The road carries significant daily traffic volume, including commuters accessing Long Island MacArthur Airport, which sits partially within the Bohemia hamlet. Peter Lane is a side street intersecting Lakeland Avenue in the residential portion of Bohemia.
Bohemia is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, situated approximately 50 miles east of New York City on Long Island’s South Shore. The hamlet had a population of approximately 9,850 as of the 2020 census and is home to a portion of Long Island MacArthur Airport. Bohemia is bordered to the south by Oakdale, to the west by Connetquot River State Park Preserve, and to the north by Ronkonkoma. The hamlet is accessible via Sunrise Highway to the south and Veterans Memorial Highway to the north, with Lakeland Avenue serving as its primary north-south spine.
Sayville, where Javurek resided, is a hamlet in the Town of Islip located approximately three miles south of Bohemia along Lakeland Avenue. The community sits along the Great South Bay and had a population of approximately 16,800 as of the 2020 census. Sayville is served by the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk Branch and is known as a gateway to Fire Island via the Sayville Ferry Service.
NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk, where Javurek was pronounced dead, is located in Mather, New York, in eastern Suffolk County near Port Jefferson. Stony Brook University Hospital, where the Nissan driver was treated, is a major academic medical center affiliated with Stony Brook University and serves as one of the primary Level I trauma facilities for Suffolk County. Both facilities handle a significant share of serious trauma cases from across Long Island’s Suffolk County region.
Suffolk County is one of the most populous counties in the state of New York, with approximately 1.5 million residents spread across the eastern portion of Long Island. The county is served by the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal police departments in the United States. The department’s Fifth Squad, based in Patchogue, handles investigations for the central Suffolk corridor that includes Bohemia and Sayville.
Left-turn collisions at intersections are among the most common causes of motorcycle fatalities, as turning vehicles frequently fail to yield to oncoming riders. Investigators have not released information on whether speed or other factors are under review in connection with the Lakeland Avenue crash.
The approximate location of the fatal crash on Lakeland Avenue at Peter Lane in Bohemia can be viewed on Google Maps (approximate).
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