According to the NYPD, the motorcyclist was heading downtown on FDR Drive in the right lane on a Suzuki at 1:42 a.m. when a 32-year-old man driving a Nissan SUV with TLC plates crossed into the right lane to exit at East 63rd Street.
While crossing to the exit, the SUV struck the back of the motorcycle, and the 63-year-old was thrown into the road, where he sustained severe head trauma, police said.