On Sunday morning, Sept. 6, 2020 at approximately 00:27 a.m., police were alerted to a vehicle accident involving a motorcyclist at Exit 21 on the southbound Henry Hudson Parkway at West 249th Street.
Upon arrival, officers observed a 55-year-old, unconscious man on the roadway with severe head trauma. EMS responded and pronounced the man deceased at 00:33 a.m. The NYPD Highway Unit’s Collision Investigation Squad also responded and began their investigation.
Preliminary results of the investigation indicate that the motorcyclist sideswiped a vehicle traveling in the same direction and lost control of the bike, causing him to strike his head on the roadway. The other driver remained at the scene and there is no criminality suspected at this point.
The name of the deceased is being held pending proper family notification.