Crime & Safety
Brooklyn Motorcyclist, 17, Dies In Crash On Belt Parkway: NYPD
The incident happened on the Belt Parkway near West 12th Street on Monday, police said.
![The victim was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Coney Island, where he was pronounced dead, police said.](https://patch.com/img/cdn20/users/26844973/20240711/054147/styles/patch_image/public/police-crime-scene-tape___11174103398.jpg)
BROOKLYN, NY — A 17-year-old boy from Brooklyn riding a motorcycle was killed when he crashed into a concrete barrier on the Belt Parkway, police said.
On July 8, Jeremiah Diaz-Ramos was driving a 2017 Honda motorcycle west on the Belt Parkway when he failed to properly navigate the roadway and collided with a concrete barrier, causing him to be thrown from the vehicle, police said.
No other vehicle was involved in the incident, police said.
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When police arrived at the scene, they found Diaz-Ramos unresponsive with head and body trauma.
He was transported to NYC Health and Hospitals/Coney Island, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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