What Happened
Nassau County Police said the crash happened on November 8, 2026, at 11:30 p.m. in Hempstead. Police said a 54-year-old man was driving a 2014 Jeep east on Peninsula Boulevard when it collided with an e-bike heading south on Franklin Avenue. The department’s Homicide Squad investigated the crash.
According to police, the man riding the e-bike suffered trauma to his head and body. He was taken to an area hospital, where a physician pronounced him dead. Police said the Jeep’s driver left the scene.
Police said a 54-year-old Hempstead man was arrested and charged with Leaving the Scene of an Incident with a Fatality.
Patch and PIX11 reported that police identified the e-bike rider as an 18-year-old Hempstead resident.
News 12 reported that the e-bike was traveling on Franklin Street. The police release names the cross street as Franklin Avenue.
On This Corridor
Federal FARS fatal-crash records for 2010 through 2024 (2024 figures preliminary) place 85 fatal crashes, in which 86 people died, within Hempstead’s 2020 Census boundaries. Thirteen of those crashes were on or at Peninsula Boulevard, in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. The counts come from NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, which records crashes on public roads in which someone died within 30 days. The crashes were placed into 2020 Census boundaries by their reported coordinates.
What Officials Have Said Next
The Nassau County Police release listed the suspect’s arraignment at First District Court in Hempstead on November 8, 2026. That is the same date as the crash, which police said happened at 11:30 p.m. Patch, citing police, reported that the arraignment took place on Nov. 9 at First District Court in Hempstead.
What we don’t know yet: whether toxicology tests were ordered for the driver, and whether he faces any charges beyond leaving the scene.
Sources
- News 12
- Nassau County Police Department (official record)
- Patch
- PIX11