Queens motorcyclist dies after he flies into air in crash with car, slams into column near Citi Field
A 27-year-old motorcyclist died after he rear-ended a car just outside Citi Field in Queens, flew off his bike into the air and slammed into a column for the elevated subway, police said Wednesday.
Andres Guzman-Mejia was riding a 2011 Kawasaki west on Roosevelt Ave. in Flushing when he struck the rear passenger side of a 2003 Honda Civic near Seaver Way about 9 a.m. on June 10.
The impact sent Guzman-Mejia flying off his motorcycle and into the support column for the No. 7 subway tracks overhead. The motorcycle burst into flames.
Medics rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Queens with severe head injuries. He managed to cling to life for five days before dying there Tuesday.
Guzman-Mejia was less than a mile from home when he crashed.
The 52-year-old man driving the Civic was not charged or summonsed.
