Brooklyn Motorcyclist Killed in Prospect Park Crash

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A young man was fatally thrown from his motorcycle early Saturday morning around 1:15 a.m. as he attempted to pass a van driving through Prospect Park near Windsor Terrace, according to the NYPD.

“A preliminary investigation determined that the male was riding a Yamaha motorcycle west bound on Parkside Avenue, in the vicinity of Park Circle, when he attempted to ride in between a van that was also driving west bound on Parkside Avenue and parked vehicles,” police said in a statement. “While attempting to do so, the motorcycle struck several parked cars and the moving van. As a result, the motorcyclist was thrown from the motorcycle.”

When first responders arrived to the scene of the crash, they found the motorcyclist, 29-year-old Dexter Walters, ”unconscious and unresponsive in the roadway,” police said.

Walters was pronounced dead soon after at Kings County Hospital in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.

“The driver of the van stayed on the scene,” police said, “and the investigation is ongoing by the New York City Police Department’s Collision Investigation Squad.”

Did you know the victim, or see what happened to him on Saturday? Reach out: simone.wilson@patch.com.