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What Happened
A 16-year-old boy riding an electric bike was hurt in a collision with a pickup truck at the intersection of Park Boulevard and Sunrise Highway in Massapequa Park on the evening of Monday, September 14, 2026, according to Nassau County Police.
The teen was traveling southbound on Park Boulevard and had entered the Sunrise Highway crossing when the pickup struck him, police say. News 12 Long Island reported the collision Monday evening; the outlet’s story was published at 5:08 a.m. Tuesday, September 15. The teen’s age is 16. His name was not released, consistent with standard policy for juvenile victims.
The severity of the boy’s injuries was described as moderate by Nassau County Police in their civic alert. No further details on his condition — the hospital he was transported to, or the specific injuries sustained — were included in the initial official release.
The driver of the pickup truck was not identified in either the NCPD alert or the News 12 Long Island report. No charges had been announced as of the morning of September 15.
Location & Road Context
Park Boulevard runs north-south through Massapequa Park and crosses Sunrise Highway, a major Nassau County arterial that carries heavy commercial and commuter traffic. The Sunrise Highway crossing at Park Boulevard is a signalized intersection with multiple travel lanes. Massapequa Park sits in the Town of Oyster Bay in southern Nassau County.
Nassau County has 1,303 recorded accidents in the Long Island Traffic local incident database. A separate, unrelated crash on the Southern State Parkway was reported the following morning, September 15. A motorcyclist was killed in a separate Nassau County crash the same day, September 14.
Updates
- Sep 15, 2026: Additional reporting merged into this article: “Teen E Bike Rider Hurt In Collision With Pickup Truck In Massapequa Park” (source)