A motorcyclist was killed and several people were injured when a van struck a group of people as they were loading the man’s bike into a pickup truck in Rosedale Friday night, police said.
The 24 year-old victim was riding along Rockaway Boulevard near Brookville Boulevard that evening when his motorcycle became disabled. A pickup truck and several people met the motorcyclist to help him out at about 8:20 p.m., and, as they were loading the bike into the parked vehicle, a Chevy van hit the rear of the pickup truck and them, cops said.
Another vehicle driving behind the van then struck the rear of the van.
The motorcyclist, who has yet to be identified by police, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
Four of the other people standing on the road and the van’s driver were taken to Jamaica Hospital in stable condition.
The investigation is ongoing.
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