Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Killed In Queens Hit And Run: NYPD
A 26-year-old driver from New Jersey was arrested shortly after he hit the motorcyclist on Laurelton Parkway and took off, police said.
ROSEDALE, QUEENS -- A 30-year-old motorcyclist was struck and killed Thursday morning by a hit-and-run driver in Queens, police said.
Keith Salley Jr. was riding his 2015 BMW motorcycle north on Laurelton Parkway at about 1:10 a.m. when he was hit by a grey Kia sedan near 133rd Avenue in Rosedale, authorities said.
The driver, identified as 26-year-old Kardeem Thomas, had been attempting to change lanes when he slammed into the motorcycle and sent Salley flying into the roadway, police said.
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Medics rushed Salley to Franklin General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Thomas left the scene of the crash and was arrested a short ways away in Nassau County, police said.
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The Irvington, New Jersey man was charged with a hit and run resulting in death.
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