Incident location, Long Island
What Happened
An e-bike rider was seriously injured after his bike collided with the driver’s side of a Honda Civic at the intersection of West Oak Street and County Line Road in North Amityville at approximately 8:20 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2026, according to Suffolk County Police as reported by the Brentwood Daily Voice.
The e-bike rider — identified as a 41-year-old East Massapequa resident named Axmacher — was traveling eastbound on West Oak Street when his e-bike struck the driver’s side of a northbound 2007 Honda Civic that was passing through the intersection at County Line Road. The impact was significant enough to cause serious injuries to the rider, while leaving the car’s driver entirely unharmed.
The Honda Civic was driven by James Lee Kelly, 39, a North Amityville resident. According to the Brentwood Daily Voice, Suffolk County Police stated that Kelly was traveling through a green light at the moment of the collision — a detail that will likely carry significant weight as detectives continue their investigation into how the crash unfolded. It is not yet publicly known whether traffic controls governing the eastbound direction on West Oak Street played a role in the incident.
Axmacher was removed from the scene by emergency responders and transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was admitted with serious injuries, authorities confirmed. Kelly did not require medical attention following the crash. The disparity in outcomes between the two parties is consistent with the well-documented vulnerability of e-bike and bicycle riders in collisions with motor vehicles, particularly at intersections where crossing paths and conflicting signals can create dangerous conditions even at relatively low speeds.
In the aftermath of the collision, both the e-bike and the 2007 Honda Civic were impounded by police for safety checks — a standard procedure in serious injury crashes that allows investigators to examine each vehicle’s mechanical condition and assess whether any equipment failures may have contributed to the incident. Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are handling the investigation and have appealed to the public for any information that could assist in establishing the full sequence of events leading up to the crash. Anyone with relevant information is urged to contact detectives at 631-854-8152.
Location & Road Context
The crash took place at the intersection of West Oak Street and County Line Road in North Amityville, a community straddling the Nassau-Suffolk border on Long Island’s South Shore. County Line Road, as its name suggests, marks the geographic boundary between Nassau and Suffolk counties, making this particular intersection a notable corridor for cross-county travel. The area sees a mixture of residential and commercial traffic, and the intersection’s layout — with crossing roads and significant through-traffic — creates conditions where the paths of cyclists, e-bike riders, and motor vehicles frequently converge.
Suffolk County has been the site of 379 recorded accidents in our local incident database, underscoring the ongoing traffic safety challenges across the county’s roadways. E-bikes have become an increasingly common sight on Long Island roads in recent years, including on streets without dedicated cycling infrastructure, elevating the risk of exactly the type of broadside collision that occurred on West Oak Street Friday evening.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
As of the morning of Saturday, June 6, 2026, the investigation remains active and open. Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives — the unit responsible for serious injury and fatality crash investigations within their patrol jurisdiction — are leading the inquiry. Both vehicles have been impounded for safety inspections as investigators work to determine the precise cause of the collision, per reporting by the Brentwood Daily Voice.
No charges have been publicly announced against either party at this time. The fact that Kelly was reportedly traveling through a green light will be a central point of the investigation, along with any potential questions about the e-bike rider’s direction of travel and right-of-way at the intersection. Detectives are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has relevant information to call 631-854-8252 — do not wait for investigators to come to you.
Broader Impact
This collision is the second serious e-bike injury crash recorded in Suffolk County in as many days — our database also shows a Man on E-Bike Seriously Injured in Motor Vehicle Crash from just the evening prior, June 5, 2026, rated as a major-severity incident. The clustering of serious e-bike crashes in such a short window is a sharp reminder of how quickly the surge in e-bike adoption on Long Island roads is outpacing both rider training and road infrastructure designed to accommodate these vehicles safely, particularly at unprotected intersections.