Traffic & Transit

Police ID Greenlawn Teen Killed In Collision

The boy, 13, rode his dirt bike through a traffic light and was hit by a car, police say.

EAST NORTHPORT, NY — A teenager riding a dirt bike was killed in a collision in East Northport on Saturday night, Suffolk police said.

Nicholas Woodworth, 13, of Greenlawn, was operating a Honda dirt bike when he went through a traffic light around 11:30 p.m. at the intersection of Larkfield Road and Pulaski Road and was struck by a 2020 Chevrolet Equinox driven by a 49-year-old East Northport woman, police said.

Woodworth was pronounced dead at Huntington Hospital.

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The vehicle and dirt bike were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to call the Second Squad at 631-854-8252.

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