Motorcycle rider dies in fiery collision with BMW driver in Queens


A motorcyclist was fatally struck Saturday morning in a collision with a BMW driver in Queens.

The 42-year-old driver of the black BMW SUV was traveling south around 9:22 a.m. on 60th Drive and Woodhaven Blvd. in Rego Park when he collided with a motorcycle rider traveling in the same direction. Both vehicles caught on fire, with only the car driver surviving the collision, cops said.

A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead at the scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

EMS responded to the scene and pronounced the unidentified motorcycle rider dead at the scene. The BMW driver was transported to Long Island Jewish Medical Center where he was in stable condition.

There were no arrests in the crash and police are still investigating the accident.

A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. died in a fiery collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A motorcycle rider was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene after colliding with a BMW in Rego Park, Queens, on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
In addition to the BMW, a black Mazda was also involved in the violent crash. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
A man operating a motorcycle in the southbound lanes of Woodhaven Blvd. was pronounced dead on scene after a collision involving a black BMW Xi-50 SUV and a black Mazda CX-5 SUV near Eliot Ave. in Queens on Saturday, April 5, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
Both the BMW and the motorcycle caught on fire after the crash, but, unlike the motorcyclist, the car driver survived. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

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