Man Killed In FDR Crash: Police

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A Brooklyn man riding an electric motorcycle was killed on the FDR Drive Sunday night, police said.

At about 10:30 p.m. Sunday night, Nathanial Knight, 40, was riding his electric motorcycle on the northbound lane of the FDR Drive just a few blocks shy of the East 61st Street exit when a 19-year-old male driver of a 2008 Honda Civic hit Knight from behind, according to police.

As the driver slammed on his breaks, a 2006 Honda Civic, also driven by a 19-year-old man, slammed into the car from behind, forcing the 2008 Civic forward to further pin Knight underneath the vehicle, a police official told Patch.

First responders pronounced Knight dead at the scene, according to police.

The two teenage drivers were uninjured and remained at the scene, officials said, adding that the investigation by the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad is still ongoing.