Motorcyclist hospitalized following collision on Gowanus Expressway
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BAY RIDGE — A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Sunday after being involved in a collision on the Gowanus Expressway near the highway’s Third Avenue exit.
According to authorities, on Sunday, Aug. 25 at around 5:50 a.m., a 40-year-old man was riding his motorcycle, a Yamaha R1, eastbound on the Gowanus Expressway at a high rate of speed when he lost control. The motorcycle struck another vehicle, a Honda Civic driven by a 19-year-old man, and the guard rail, and then fell to the pavement.
The man was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and is listed in critical condition.