An off-duty EMT for the FDNY died after crashing his motorcycle into a Hillcrest home on Sunday night.
According to police, at 10:23 p.m on Aug. 19, officers from the 107th Precinct responded to a 911 call regarding a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Utopia Parkway and 80th Drive.
Upon their arrival, they found Eric Maleh, 25, lying in front of a Utopia Parkway residence, unconscious and unresponsive.
An investigation revealed that Maleh was driving a 2000 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on Utopia Parkway when he swerved around a car that was making a U-turn. Maleh then lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into the front of home on Utopia Parkway.
EMS responded to the scene and rushed Maleh to NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash is still being investigated by the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad.
