Montauk Highway crash leaves motorcyclist dead

MORICHES, Long Island (WABC) -- Police are investigating a fatal motorcycle wreck in Moriches Friday night.

Around 10 p.m., Chris Hurley and a woman were traveling west on Montauk Highway, near Cedar Street, when he crashed his Harley-Davidson into a guardrail, Suffolk County Police said.

Hurley, 43, of Manorville was taken to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in East Patchogue where he was pronounced dead.

The woman, who was a passenger, was uninjured, police said.

The investigation is continuing.