Motorcyclist Hurt in Lake Ronkonkoma Crash

Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are investigating a crash that critically injured a motorcyclist in Lake Ronkonkoma.  

On October 2, Gabriel Mendoza was driving a 2023 Chevrolet Colorado eastbound on Portion Road. As he was making a left turn onto Cenacle Road, a 2015 Yamaha motorcycle being driven westbound on Portion Road by Dominic Dentici collided with the Chevrolet at 8:06 p.m.  

Dentici, 32, of Ronkonkoma, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition.  Mendoza, 40, of Centereach, was not injured.  

Both vehicles were impounded for safety checks. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to contact Sixth Squad detectives at 631-854-8652.