Woman, 23, dies after being struck by Yamaha motorcycle rider in Queens
A 23-year-old woman died after a motorcycle rider ran over her as she was crossing the street in Queens early Friday morning, cops said.
Breanna Henderson was crossing the street at the intersection of Myrtle Ave. and Woodhaven Blvd. around 2:20 a.m. when a 34-year-old man riding a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle northbound in Woodhaven Blvd.'s center lane barreled into her, police said.
EMS medics responding to a 911 call about the collision transported Henderson to Jamaica Hospital where doctors pronounced her dead.
The motorcyclist remained at the scene, according to police. At this time there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing, cops said.
Henderson lived in Brooklyn.
Later Friday morning, police arrested a man for killing a motorcyclist by driving over him with his BMW in a road rage incident on Woodhaven Blvd. earlier in April.
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