Hits car making U-turn under Bx. tracks
A 29-year-old motorcyclist died early Tuesday after slamming into a car in a horrific Bronx crash that left the victim nearly decapitated, police and horrified witnesses said.
The biker was speeding south on White Plains Road in Williamsbridge under elevated subway tracks when he crashed into a black Nissan Maxima making a Uturn near Bartholdi St. about 6:50 a.m., surveillance video viewed by the Daily News shows.
The Maxima was turning from the far right lane when the 2019 Honda motorcycle plowed into him, the video shows.
The motorcyclist was sent flying over the car as the nose of his bike slammed into the driver’s door. His helmet appeared to fly off his head from the impact, bouncing onto a nearby sidewalk along with pieces of wreckage.
The Maxima slammed into a parked car after being struck by the motorcycle.
“My heart is breaking,” said neighbor Reina Guerrero as she walked her dog past the blood-soaked scene Tuesday, watching firefighters hose down the asphalt. Guerrero saw the crash from her window.
“Wherever he was rushing off to, it wasn’t worth it,” she said.
The motorcyclist died at the scene, witnesses said. His name was not immediately released.
“Immediately I knew the [motorcyclist] was dead,” Guerrero said. “They put a sheet over him. I’ve never seen anything like it before. I just knew.”
The 60-year-old Nissan driver suffered a head injury. He was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in critical condition. He faced no immediate charges.
“[The driver] looked unconscious and they couldn’t get him out so they tore the door off,” Guerrero said.
There has been a rash of fatal motorcycle crashes in recent weeks.
On Sunday, a dirt bike rider died when he slammed into a city Department of Transportation dump truck on Boston Road near Waring Ave. in the Bronx.
Last week, three motorcyclists died in Brooklyn crashes, including 26-yearold New Jersey resident Jordan Smith, who slammed into a 2006 Nissan Pathfinder pulling out from a curb to make a U-turn near Louisiana Ave. and Twin Pines Drive in Starrett City.
As of Monday, 22 motorcyclists have died in crashes this year, compared with 16 by the same point last year.