Motorcycle Passenger Killed After Crash With SUV on Long Island: Police

Suffolk County police say a woman was killed when the motorcycle she was a passenger on was struck by a sport utility vehicle on Long Island.

Authorities say 57-year-old Martha Garcia of Floral Park was knocked off her boyfriend's motorcycle as the SUV driver was attempting to make a left turn into her driveway in Northport. It happened around 5:30 p.m. Sunday.

Garcia was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital. The SUV driver, 66-year-old Mary Santry-Rosenvinge of Northport, and the motorcyclist, 53-year-old James Losito of Floral Park, were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

An investigation is continuing.

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