"A suspected hit-and-run driver is on the loose after crashing into a motorcycle and killing two people in Brooklyn, the NYPD said Monday. A video of the fatal crash in Sheepshead Bay shows the suspect's white Mercedes-Benz flipping over parked vehicles and landing upside down after the collision. Passenger and motorcyclist killed in crash "Oh my god! Oh help! Call 911!" a person is heard shouting on the surveillance video after witnessing the crash along the Belt Parkway late Sunday night."
""I was in the bed at this time already. And I looked through the window, and I could see a guy who ran pretty fast this direction under my window," neighbor Vitaliy Adler said. Police said the Mercedes and the motorcycle crashed as both were taking the westbound Belt Parkway exit near East Seventh Street at a high rate of speed."
"City Department of Transportation crews on Monday were cleaning up the debris and reinstalling the fence along the exit ramp. "It's a really highway, the Belt. So it's really dangerous to drive," Stephen Livshits, of Sheepshead Bay, said. "Living by the highway, it has its risks, definitely." Police said investigators were combing through surveillance video for images of the driver they are looking for. Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782)."
A high-speed collision on the westbound Belt Parkway exit in Sheepshead Bay involved a white Mercedes-Benz and a motorcycle, leaving two men dead. The Mercedes flipped over parked vehicles and landed upside down; three parked cars were also struck. The Mercedes driver fled the scene while a 22-year-old passenger and the 29-year-old motorcyclist were pronounced dead at the hospital. Neighbors reported seeing someone run from the area and described the highway as dangerous. City crews cleaned debris and repaired a fence. Police are reviewing surveillance footage and asking the public to call Crime Stoppers with tips.
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