{"id":349820,"date":"2026-09-18T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349820\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T01:14:08","slug":"fatal-crash-on-ed-koch-queensboro-bridge-forces-closure-of-manhattan-bound-lanes-on-upper-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/349820\/","title":{"rendered":"Fatal crash on Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge forces closure of Manhattan-bound lanes on upper level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Manhattan-bound lanes on the upper level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYPDnews\/status\/2100739561114525857?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">were closed as police investigate a deadly crash<\/a> that claimed the life of a 29-year-old motorcyclist Thursday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was riding a blue 2025 Yamaha motorcycle on the span\u2019s westbound lanes when he lost control of the bike and struck the center divider around 6:38 p.m., police said.<\/p>\n<p>He was thrown from the bike and suffered severe injuries as he struck the pavement, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed the man to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died. The man\u2019s name was not immediately disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>The department advised motorists heading into Manhattan from Queens to expect delays and seek alternative routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Manhattan-bound lanes on the upper level of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge were closed as police investigate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,11,10,12,261,122,265],"class_list":["post-349820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news","tag-nyc-crime","tag-queens","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}