Update: Man Arrested for alleged DWAI following fatal motorcycle crash in Islandia

Update: The motorcyclist killed in a motor vehicle crash on the Long Island Expressway this morning has
been identified as Idris Shehu, 20, of Hicksville. Below is the original press release:

Suffolk County Police arrested a Medford man on Oct. 21 for alleged DWAI following a crash that killed a
motorcyclist in Islandia.

Alan Mercado was driving a 2010 Honda on the westbound Long Island Expressway, just east of exit 57, when he attempted to move from the center to the right lane and was struck from behind by a 2017 Yamaha motorcycle at 1:12 a.m. The motorcycle operator, who is not being identified pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner. A passenger in the Honda was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. Mercado was not injured.

Mercado, 67, was charged with Driving While Ability Impaired By Drugs. He will be held overnight for arraignment at First District Court in Central Islip on October 22. Anyone with information on this crash is asked to contact Major Case Unit detectives at 631-852-6555.