14-year-old bicyclist critically injured in Miller Place truck crash

A 14-year-old Miller Place boy suffered life-threatening injuries Tuesday afternoon after his bicycle struck a truck on Route 25A and the vehicle’s rear tires ran over him, police said.

Andrew Salgado was riding his bicycle eastbound on the shoulder when he struck the passenger side door of a westbound Ford F-550 XL Super Duty that was turning left into L Delea & Sons Sod Farms in Miller Place, about 3:20 p.m., Suffolk police said.

During the collision, Salgado fell from the bike and the truck’s rear passenger-side tires rolled over him.

Salgado, a varsity soccer player at Miller Place High School, was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.

The driver, Timothy McLaughlin, 58, of Sound Beach, stopped and called 911. He was not injured.

Suffolk Police’s Sixth Squad is investigating the crash. Anyone with information is asked to call 631.854.8652.

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