Driver charged in deadly BQE motorcycle crash that killed off-duty officer
A driver is facing charges following a deadly motorcycle crash that shut down part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on Wednesday.
The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. on the westbound side of the expressway near Exit 27 and Atlantic Avenue.
Police said an off-duty NYPD officer was killed when his motorcycle collided with a box truck.
The box truck driver initially left the scene of the crash, police said.
Police later arrested 30-year-old Carlos Almanzar Toribio on charges of leaving the scene of a deadly crash and operating an unregistered vehicle without a license plate.
The off-duty officer's name has not been released.
