Motorcyclist dies as reports differ on Williamsburg Bridge crash
Police told the New York Post that a driver hit a 25-year-old motorcyclist and left, while AMNY described a barrier-and-light-pole sequence; the official record places the fatal crash at 4:11 a.m. July 9, 2022, at the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp and Borinquen Place.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
Police told the New York Post that a driver hit a 25-year-old motorcyclist on the Williamsburg Bridge ramp toward the BQE and left; the paper said police thought the other vehicle might have been a taxi. AMNY later reported a different sequence: the rider struck a barrier wall and light pole while traveling down the ramp, and the report did not describe another driver. The accounts remain unreconciled. The city record places the crash at 4:11 a.m. on July 9, 2022, at the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp and Borinquen Place, listing one fatality and a motorcycle.
Published accounts give different crash sequences.
The New York Post reported that police said another driver hit the 25-year-old motorcyclist as he traveled east on the Williamsburg Bridge ramp toward the BQE, then left without stopping. Police described the other vehicle as possibly a taxi. The Daily News also reported that the driver left without stopping.
AMNY reported that the rider was heading east down the ramp when he struck a barrier wall and light pole and was thrown from his Yamaha motorcycle. Its account did not describe another driver. The reports do not reconcile these accounts.
The crash site is clear, but reported times vary.
The official record places the crash at 4:11 a.m. on July 9, 2022, on the Williamsburg Bridge exit ramp at Borinquen Place. Published reports gave different times: CBS said around 4 a.m., the New York Post and Audacy said 4:15 a.m., and the Daily News said about 4:30 a.m.; AMNY also reported 4:11 a.m. Reports describe the ramp as leading from the bridge toward the eastbound BQE.
The investigation was ongoing the day of the crash.
The New York Post reported on July 9 that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.