Motorcyclist dies after crash on Cross Bay Bridge ramp.
Adolfo Gallego, 35, died after a motorcycle crash recorded at 7:28 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2024, at Beach 94 Street and the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge; police told QNS he fell about 15 feet from the northbound ramp after a collision with a concrete barrier.
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What We Know
The official record says a motorcyclist was killed at 7:28 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2024, at Beach 94 Street and the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge. Police told QNS that Adolfo Gallego, 35, lost control while negotiating a curve on the northbound entrance ramp, hit a concrete barrier and fell about 15 feet to the roadway below; the official record codes the motorcycle as going straight before the crash. QNS reported that Gallego died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center on Sept. 8.
Police described a barrier collision and fall.
QNS, citing a preliminary NYPD investigation, reported that Gallego was riding a green 2019 Kawasaki Vulcan north on the Beach 94th Street entrance ramp when he lost control while negotiating a curve and collided with a concrete barrier. Police said he was ejected and fell about 15 feet to the center median of Beach Channel Drive.
The official crash record codes the motorcycle's pre-crash movement as going straight ahead, while the preliminary police account reported by QNS describes the rider losing control while negotiating a curve.
Police found Gallego on dirt between a guardrail and a concrete barrier. EMS took him to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where police said he died on Sept. 8.
The crash occurred at a bridge approach in Rockaway Beach.
The official record locates the crash at Beach 94 Street and the Cross Bay Veterans Bridge. QNS places it on the northbound Beach 94th Street entrance ramp in Rockaway Beach and reports that Gallego fell to the center median of Beach Channel Drive below.
Gallego was remembered by a local elected official.
QNS identified Gallego as a Woodhaven resident. Council Member Joann Ariola offered condolences to his family and loved ones, saying, “He fought long and hard, and may he now be at peace.”
QNS reported that the 100th Precinct and the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad were continuing to investigate.