{"id":328268,"date":"2026-08-24T10:44:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328268\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:44:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:44:14","slug":"motorcyclist-killed-passenger-critical-after-jones-beach-causeway-crash-in-wantagh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328268\/","title":{"rendered":"Motorcyclist killed, passenger critical after Jones Beach Causeway crash in Wantagh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img width=\"2025\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jones-1.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid mb-4 wp-post-image\" alt=\"A New York State Police logo is shown on a state police officer's car (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dario Marsalek, 19, was ejected after his motorcycle struck a guide rail near Goose Neck Bridge, state police say<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 19-year-old Queens man died Sunday evening after his motorcycle struck a guide rail on the Wantagh State Parkway, ejecting him and his passenger, New York State Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dario Marsalek of Astoria was riding a 2014 black Suzuki with a passenger north on the Jones Beach Causeway just south of Goose Neck Bridge, near Jones Beach, when the bike struck the guide rail about 5:05 p.m., police said. Marsalek and his passenger were both ejected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marsalek landed in the roadway, while his passenger landed in the grassy area along the right shoulder, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They were both taken to a local hospital, where Marsalek was pronounced dead, authorities said. The passenger remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash remains under investigation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top: A New York State Police logo is shown on a state police officer\u2019s car (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig, File) and Google Maps Street View)<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GLI_LOGO-FAVICON-NOBG.png\" alt=\"Your Long Island news, delivered.\" width=\"180\" height=\"60\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                Your Long Island news, delivered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Subscribe to the GLI Newsletter \u2014 its free<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dario Marsalek, 19, was ejected after his motorcycle struck a guide rail near Goose Neck Bridge, state police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3814,8939,123443,644,774,9,11,10,49,51,50,747,109699,123444],"class_list":["post-328268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-astoria","tag-fatal-crash","tag-goose-neck-bridge","tag-motorcycle-crash","tag-nassau-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-state-police","tag-wantagh","tag-wantagh-state-parkway"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}