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Fatal motorcycle accident

On Sunday August 22, police responded to a 9-1-1 call of a motor vehicle accident on the south bound Van Wyck Expressway prior to east bound Belt Parkway.

Upon arrival, officers determined that the driver of a 2003 Suzuki motorcycle, 36-year-old Cory Burrus of Jamaica, lost control, struck a guardrail and then struck a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle operated by a 27-year-old man. Burrus was pronounced dead on the scene. The other driver was taken to Jamaica Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.