What Happened
An East Massapequa e-bike rider was seriously injured Friday night after his e-bike collided with a Honda Civic at County Line Road and West Oak Street in North Amityville, according to Suffolk County Police.
Police identified the injured rider as Matthew Axmacher, 41. Axmacher was traveling eastbound on West Oak Street at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026, when his e-bike struck the driver’s side of a northbound 2007 Honda Civic at the County Line Road intersection.
The Honda was driven by James Lee Kelly, 39, of North Amityville. Police said Kelly was traveling through a green light at the time of the collision. Kelly was not injured.
Axmacher was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip with serious injuries. Suffolk County Police said both the e-bike and the Honda were impounded for safety checks. First Squad detectives are investigating and asked anyone with information to call 631-854-8152.
What the NewsBreak Radar Page Adds — and What It Does Not
NewsBreak Radar also surfaced a dispatch-audio summary for County Line Road and West Oak Street on June 5. That page described radio traffic about a possible pedestrian, vehicle and e-bike incident near the same intersection, with rescue units responding and roads being shut down.
That dispatch summary is useful because it shows how the incident first appeared in live radio traffic: confusing, urgent and incomplete. But it is not the final version of the facts. NewsBreak Radar explicitly warns that its pages are AI-generated from dispatch audio and are not official reports.
The stronger source here is Suffolk County Police. Police later described the incident as an e-bike striking the driver’s side of a Honda Civic at the intersection, identified Axmacher and Kelly, confirmed the hospital transport, and said the Honda driver had the green light.
Why This Intersection Matters
County Line Road and West Oak Street sits near the Nassau-Suffolk border in North Amityville, where residential blocks meet a busier north-south corridor. The intersection carries ordinary local traffic, cross-county movement and vulnerable road users, including cyclists and e-bike riders.
This crash highlights a problem Long Island is going to keep seeing: e-bikes are fast enough to enter intersections at speeds drivers may not expect, but riders remain physically exposed in the same way as bicyclists. When an e-bike and passenger vehicle meet in a side-impact collision, the rider almost always absorbs the greater injury risk.
For drivers, the lesson is not simply “look for bikes.” It is to expect e-bikes at signalized intersections, especially in evening hours when visibility drops and side-street approaches can be easy to miss.
For e-bike riders, the lesson is even more direct: traffic signals apply. Suffolk police have not announced a final fault determination, but the confirmed detail that the Honda was proceeding through a green light will be central to the investigation.
Investigation Status
Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating. Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks, which allows investigators to examine mechanical condition, brakes, lighting and other equipment issues.
No charges were publicly announced in the reports reviewed by Long Island Traffic. Anyone with information is asked to contact First Squad detectives at 631-854-8152.
Confirmed Details
- Date/time: Friday, June 5, 2026, about 8:20 p.m.
- Location: County Line Road and West Oak Street, North Amityville.
- E-bike rider: Matthew Axmacher, 41, of East Massapequa.
- Other vehicle: 2007 Honda Civic.
- Honda driver: James Lee Kelly, 39, of North Amityville.
- Vehicle movement: Honda northbound on County Line Road through a green light; e-bike eastbound on West Oak Street.
- Injuries: Axmacher serious injuries; Kelly not injured.
- Hospital: Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip.
- Investigation: Suffolk County Police First Squad; both vehicles impounded for safety checks.
This story was updated June 14, 2026, to clean up duplicate/autogenerated metadata, add NewsBreak Radar as dispatch context, and center the official Suffolk County Police fact pattern.