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Biker runs light and rams cop car in Qns.
By FERNANDA SANTOS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Body of motorcyclist lies covered by white sheet near his wrecked Suzuki speed bike and helmet as police inspect the scene at Queens Blvd. and 71st Road, in Woodside, early yesterday.
A motorcyclist on a bike built for speed died early yesterday after he zoomed through a red light and crashed into a police car, cops said.
The rider was speeding west on Queens Blvd. when he blew a light at the corner of 71st Road in Woodside and hit the cruiser's rear passenger door at 1:30 a.m., police said.
The 31-year-old motorcyclist, who was on a powerful Japanese Suzuki speed bike, died on the spot, cops said.
Witnesses told cops that the man sped through a red light - with one saying he appeared to be going as fast as 100 mph.
Two 112th Precinct cops were hurt in yesterday's crash and taken in stable condition to Jamaica Hospital.
The cops, whose names were not released, were responding to a "low-priority" call and had no sirens on at the time of the collision, a police source said.
The name of the motorcyclist, who lives in Woodside, was not immediately released, pending notification of family in Puerto Rico.
He belonged to the same age group - 21 to 31 - that dies at the highest rates in motorcycle crashes, according to the latest data by the National Traffic and Highway Safety Administration.
The crash - the latest involving a motorcyclist and a police car - also highlighted the dangers facing cops who patrol streets by car.
On Aug. 4, a 32-year-old riding a high-speed motorcycle slammed into a cruiser that was on its way to a call in Harlem, injuring a sergeant at the wheel.
Motorcycle fatality rates have gone up each year since 1997, and rose 12% between 2002 and 2003, federal statistics show.
Last March, Sgt. Dorian Burrell and rookie Elaine Mamolite were critically injured after a station wagon smashed into their patrol car and pushed it against a city bus.
The cruiser had its lights and siren on when Burrell and Mamolite rushed to a fellow cop's aide through the streets of Ridgewood, Queens.
Their injuries were so severe that Burrell and Mamolite still undergo exhaustive physical therapy to regain full movement of their bodies.
Biker runs light and rams cop car in Qns.
By FERNANDA SANTOS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Body of motorcyclist lies covered by white sheet near his wrecked Suzuki speed bike and helmet as police inspect the scene at Queens Blvd. and 71st Road, in Woodside, early yesterday.
A motorcyclist on a bike built for speed died early yesterday after he zoomed through a red light and crashed into a police car, cops said.
The rider was speeding west on Queens Blvd. when he blew a light at the corner of 71st Road in Woodside and hit the cruiser's rear passenger door at 1:30 a.m., police said.
The 31-year-old motorcyclist, who was on a powerful Japanese Suzuki speed bike, died on the spot, cops said.
Witnesses told cops that the man sped through a red light - with one saying he appeared to be going as fast as 100 mph.
Two 112th Precinct cops were hurt in yesterday's crash and taken in stable condition to Jamaica Hospital.
The cops, whose names were not released, were responding to a "low-priority" call and had no sirens on at the time of the collision, a police source said.
The name of the motorcyclist, who lives in Woodside, was not immediately released, pending notification of family in Puerto Rico.
He belonged to the same age group - 21 to 31 - that dies at the highest rates in motorcycle crashes, according to the latest data by the National Traffic and Highway Safety Administration.
The crash - the latest involving a motorcyclist and a police car - also highlighted the dangers facing cops who patrol streets by car.
On Aug. 4, a 32-year-old riding a high-speed motorcycle slammed into a cruiser that was on its way to a call in Harlem, injuring a sergeant at the wheel.
Motorcycle fatality rates have gone up each year since 1997, and rose 12% between 2002 and 2003, federal statistics show.
Last March, Sgt. Dorian Burrell and rookie Elaine Mamolite were critically injured after a station wagon smashed into their patrol car and pushed it against a city bus.
The cruiser had its lights and siren on when Burrell and Mamolite rushed to a fellow cop's aide through the streets of Ridgewood, Queens.
Their injuries were so severe that Burrell and Mamolite still undergo exhaustive physical therapy to regain full movement of their bodies.
