Crime & Safety
2 Badly Injured As Bike, Motorcycle Crash In Washington Heights
A 26-year-old riding a bike collided with a man riding a Suzuki motorcycle Monday morning on Broadway in Washington Heights, police said.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — Two men are in critical condition after a bicyclist and a motorcyclist collided Monday morning on Broadway in Washington Heights, according to police.
The accident happened around 6:19 a.m. at the intersection of West 162 Street and Broadway, a police spokesperson told Patch.
Police arrived at the scene Monday morning to find an unidentified man and a 26-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, both with injuries to the head and body, lying in the roadway, according to the spokesperson.
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Emergency services took both men to NYC Health + Hospitals / Harlem in critical condition, NYPD said.
A preliminary investigation found that the 26-year-old man was riding his bike southbound on Broadway when he collided with the unidentified man who was traveling eastbound on West 162nd Street on a Suzuki motorcycle, according to police.
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The collision happened at the intersection of the street.
The investigation remains ongoing by NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad.
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