"An off-duty NYPD cop was killed in a fiery motorcycle crash on his way home from work in Brooklyn Wednesday morning, cops and law enforcement sources said. The 30-year-old cop - assigned to the midnight tour at the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn - was riding a Yamaha R1 motorcycle on the westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway around 8:30 a.m. when he was struck by a box truck driver near Exit 27, for Atlantic Avenue, authorities and sources said."
"Footage obtained by the Post shows the cyclist in the moments before the crash, whizzing along the expressway in the outermost lanes in the direction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The box truck driver left the scene, and it's possible the driver may not have even known he'd hit someone, the sources said. Footage posted on X by Williamsburg News shows the cop lying lifeless on the road as his motorcycle went up in flames feet away."
An off-duty 30-year-old NYPD officer was killed in a motorcycle crash on the westbound Brooklyn-Queens Expressway around 8:30 a.m. while heading home from work. The officer was assigned to the midnight tour at the 84th Precinct in downtown Brooklyn and was riding a Yamaha R1 when he was struck near Exit 27 for Atlantic Avenue. The box truck driver fled the scene and may not have known a collision occurred. Video shows the officer moments before the crash and later lying lifeless as his motorcycle burned. He was taken to NYU Langone Brooklyn Hospital and succumbed to his injuries. His name is withheld pending family notification, and records show he joined the NYPD in February 2021.
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