#motorcycle-collision

#motorcycle-collision

Just after 3 p.m., Fremont Police Officers responded to the "major injury collision" - which happened at the intersection of Cushing Parkway and Northport Loop East - involving a pickup truck and a motorcyclist, according to a press release from Fremont Police. "The motorcyclist suffered major injuries and was transported to a local area hospital," according to the press release. "The driver of the pickup was uninjured and remained on scene."

Police say 21-year-old James Korakis, of 9th Avenue in Whitestone, was riding a BMW motorcycle northbound on the Cross Island Parkway service road near 157th Street just after 7 p.m. when he collided with a Mine Cooper driven by a 28-year-old man who was also traveling northbound on the service road. The impact of the crash sent the motorcycle into two parked and unoccupied vehicles, a Toyota Rav4 and a Chevy Impala, police said.