Crime & Safety
Motorcyclist Killed In Richmond Hill Crash: NYPD
A Richmond Hill man died on Thursday after he lost control of his Harley Davidson and crashed into an oncoming car, police say.
RICHMOND HILL, QUEENS -- A 24-year-old Queens motorcyclist was killed in a crash after losing control of his Harley Davidson and driving into oncoming traffic Thursday morning.
Daniel O'Malley, of Richmond Hill, was driving his 2013 motorcycle down Park Lane South when he lost control and swerved into the road's northbound lane near the Myrtle Avenue intersection at around 5:30 a.m., police said.
O'Malley crashed into an oncoming Mercedes SUV and was flung from his motorcycle when it landed on a nearby sidewalk, cops said.
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Officers responding to the crash found O'Malley sprawled out in the roadway unconscious and badly injured. Medics rushed him to Jamaica Hospital, but doctors couldn't save him.
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Caption: The intersection at Park Lane South and Myrtle Avenue where police said O'Malley lost control of his motor cycle.
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