Motorcycle Driver Killed at Williamsburg Bridge Exit Ramp
A 25-year-old motorcycle driver was killed at 4:11 a.m. on the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp at Borinquen Place, and news accounts quoting police differed on whether a hit-and-run driver was involved.
What We Know
A 25-year-old man driving a motorcycle was killed early July 9, 2022, at the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp and Borinquen Place. The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and records one motorist killed. News reports citing police agreed that the rider died at the scene as he was heading from the bridge toward the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, but they differed on the crash sequence: the Daily News and Post reported that another driver left the scene, while amNY reported that police said the motorcycle driver hit a barrier wall and light pole at high speed.
Accounts agreed on a fatal ramp crash, but not the sequence
The official record places the crash at 4:11 a.m. on July 9, 2022, at the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp and Borinquen Place, and records one motorist killed.
The Daily News reported that the 25-year-old rider had crossed the East River span and was heading toward the eastbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway exit ramp when he collided with another driver who left without stopping. The Post similarly reported that a hit-and-run driver, possibly in a taxi, hit the rider as he entered the BQE.
amNY reported a different police account: the motorcycle driver was heading down the bridge ramp toward the eastbound BQE at high speed when he hit a roadway barrier wall and a light pole.
The rider died at the scene
The person killed was a 25-year-old man driving the motorcycle, according to the official record. The Daily News, Post, and amNY all reported that police had not released his name while they worked to notify family.
The Daily News reported that responding officers found the motorcyclist dead at the scene. The Post reported that police said he was severely injured and pronounced dead there, and amNY reported that paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
The official record lists a Yamaha motorcycle
The official vehicle record identifies the motorcycle as a 2015 Yamaha with one occupant, traveling east. The record lists the driver as unlicensed in New York.
The Post reported that police described the other driver in the hit-and-run account as possibly driving a taxi. The Daily News reported that police had not located the car involved and that no arrests had been made as of July 9.
Speed was cited in the record and in one police account
The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the motorcycle driver. amNY also reported that police said the rider was traveling at high speed before the crash sequence described in that account.
Police reported no arrests in the immediate aftermath
The Post reported that there were no arrests and that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. The Daily News also reported that no arrests had been made on July 9.
Where
Williamsburg Bridge Exit Ramp & Borinquen Pl