"Police from the 110th Precinct responded to a 911 call of a crash near Exit 12B at the Long Island Expressway just before 3:45 p.m., where they found the cyclist lying on the roadway. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the male victim dead at the scene, police said Wednesday. He was later identified as Christopher Modiano, 40, of Intervale Avenue in Farmingdale."
"Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined that Modiano was riding a 2024 BMW GS 1300 motorcycle southbound on the Van Wyck Expressway when he failed to navigate the roadway and crashed into a highway attenuator, also known as a crash cushion or impact attenuator, a safety device designed to absorb the impact of a vehicle collision protecting vehicle occupants and roadside workers."
On the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 8, a Long Island motorcyclist was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Van Wyck Expressway alongside Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Police from the 110th Precinct responded to a 911 call near Exit 12B just before 3:45 p.m. and found the cyclist lying on the roadway. EMS pronounced the male victim dead at the scene. The victim was identified as Christopher Modiano, 40, of Intervale Avenue in Farmingdale. The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined Modiano was riding a 2024 BMW GS 1300 southbound when he failed to navigate the roadway and struck a highway attenuator. There are no arrests, and the investigation remains ongoing.
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