A BMW driver has been charged with murder and possession of a weapon — his vehicle — in a fiery road rage crash that killed a 55-year-old motorcyclist in Queens, police and NYPD sources said Friday.
Jordan Rosen, 42, refused to talk to police when they arrived at the scene of the deadly Rego Park crash on April 5, but investigators built the case against him with a key piece of evidence — the helmet cam worn by victim William McField, sources said.
The cam captured a road rage confrontation that started as the pair were exiting the Long Island Expressway.
The suspect, who was recently indicted, surrendered to police Friday morning at the 112th Precinct with his lawyer by his side and is expected to be arraigned later Friday.
Shocking video from the other side of Woodhaven Blvd., near 60th Drive, shows the BMW rear-ending the KTM motorcycle then running over the victim, the BMW’s front-end rising up.
The motorcycle catches fire immediately after the collision, with the victim dying at the scene. The BMW also caught fire but was not incinerated.
Rosen, who crashed into a Mazda driven by a 41-year-old woman after striking McField, according to cops, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center and treated for minor injuries. The woman and her passenger were not hurt.
The crash happened at 9:22 a.m. but investigators believe it started minutes earlier as Rosen and McField were exiting the eastbound Long Island Expressway.
Sources said McField’s helmet cam captured some of the road rage argument between him and Rosen.
They were both seen running the red light as they turned onto the southbound side of Woodhaven Blvd., with McField trying to get away from Rosen sources said.
Rosen, who lives in Oceanside, L.I., has no prior arrests, though he has been given summons three times for speeding and once for driving the wrong way, sources said.
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