Posted on: June 07, 2021 03:00 PM

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Man charged with endangering the welfare of a child after motorcycle crash in Long Island

Suffolk County Police today arrested a man involved in a motorcycle crash that seriously injured a child passenger in Central Islip this afternoon. Lamar Samuel was riding a late model ZHNG motorcycle eastbound on East Beech Street when he drove through a stop sign without stopping and struck a 1999 Honda, driven by Keith Robles, that was traveling northbound on Prospect Avenue at approximately 12:35 p.m. Both Samuel and his 6-year-old passenger Emmanuel Garcia-Torres were ejected from the vehicle. Garcia-Torres was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip with serious physical injuries. Samuel, 39, of Central Islip, was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for non-life-threatening injuries. Robles, 28, of Central Islip, was not injured. Samuel was charged with Endangering the Welfare of a Child in addition to vehicle and traffic violations. He was released on a Field Appearance Ticket and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on a later date. (Info from Suffolk County police)