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Sunday, July 24, 2005


   James Delaney 1990 - 2005
A Hicksville teenager died Thursday morning from injuries he suffered Wednesday night when he was struck by a car, Nassau police and relatives said.

James Delaney, 14, who would have turned 15 on Saturday, was riding his bicycle home from football practice when the accident happened at 8:32 p.m., friends and relatives said.
The force of the impact hurled Delaney into the air and onto the windshield of the 2001 Lexus, Nassau police said.

Delaney had been pedaling his bike into the intersection of Newbridge and Elmira roads in Hicksville at the same time James Lombardo, 35, of Levittown, was proceeding through the green light, police said. Police said Lombardo was not charged in the crash, but investigators impounded his car to perform routine safety tests, Homicide Det. Sgt. Richard Laursen said.

There was "no indication was wearing a helmet," Laursen said.

Delaney was pronounced dead at 7:15 a.m. Thursday at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow.

A woman answering Lombardo's telephone Thursday said he wasn't home.

Delaney's parents, James and Susan Delaney, declined to comment after returning home from making funeral arrangements Thursday afternoon.

Standing across the street from the Delaney home, Robby Dieckmann, 12, was eager to talk about his buddy. Together the two searched for bugs, wrestled and played video games.

"I'll just miss him being there, knowing he's across the street," Robby said.

Delaney was one of three siblings and the only boy. He had two sisters, Alison, 18, and Kelly, 11.

He attended Holy Trinity Diocesan High School in Hicksville, where he was on the wrestling team, neighbor Emile Phelisse said.

Phelisse, 74, also said James had just joined the school's football team.

"He was a heck of a nice kid," he said.

Robby's father, Bob Dieckmann, described James as a skilled athlete and a well-mannered boy who was "big for his age."

Despite being bigger than most kids his age, James never picked a fight and was especially nice to his friends, Robby said.

"We understood each other and never argued," he said.

this poor teen went to my school and is about my age i feel soo bad about this. bless his soul. may he resy in peace.

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