Motorcyclist Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash 
For Immediate Release
May 5, 2013
Incident: Motorcyclist Killed in Motor Vehicle Crash
Location: Expressway Drive North and Sills Road, Yaphank
Date/Time: Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 2:40 p.m.
Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a motor vehicle crash that killed a 34-year-old Medford motorcyclist.
Israel Berger Carrera-Garcia was driving a 2002 Mercury SUV on Expressway Drive North when his vehicle collided with a 2007 Kawasaki motorcycle that was traveling north on Sills Road in Yaphank at 2:40 p.m.
The driver of the Kawasaki, Michael Luthy, 34, of Medford, was thrown from the motorcycle and was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
Carrera-Garcia, 38, of Flanders, suffered minor injuries related to the vehicle’s air bag deploying. He was examined at the scene by a Yaphank Fire Department Emergency Medical Technician.
Both vehicles were impounded for a safety check.
The investigation is continuing and detectives ask that anyone that may have witnessed this crash to call the Sixth Squad at 631-854-8652 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.
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Authority: Edward Webber, Commissioner 13-274996
Suffolk County Police Department MK/1915
Address/Location
Suffolk County Police - Headquarters
30 Yaphank Ave
Yaphank, NY 11980
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 631-852-2677