Man Loses Control of Motorcycle, Crashes

In an effort to avoid an accident, a man was sent to the hospital after crashing his motorcycle at the intersection of Railroad Avenue and Wantagh Avenue on Sunday.

According to Michael Guerra, a witness to the accident, the rider was heading northbound on Wantagh Avenue when, "a woman crept up [at the stop sign] and it looked like he hit his back brakes in anticipation of her not stopping," he said.

Guerra then said that the bike fishtailed.

The victim's wife, who was also on the scene, told Patch that the rider suffered injuries to his rib area and hit his hip when he fell off the bike, but is mostly going to the hospital for observation and to get an all-clear.

Nassau County police were also on site and the victim was taken by police ambulance to Nassau University Medical Center.