Man killed in high speed
crash on Belt Parkway
BY TODD MAISEL
A 31-year-old man is dead
after losing control of his car
on the Belt Parkway early Sunday
and crashing into a tree.
The crash occurred at
around 12:21 am on Nov. 22,
when the driver of a recent
model Infi niti traveling westbound
at a high speed veered
off the parkway just past Exit 9
at Knapp Street in Sheepshead
Bay and struck a large tree —
tearing his car into pieces.
The vehicle was ripped in
two, leaving the engine block
near the tree and the rest of the
car sitting on the grass about
30 feet away. Authorities said
the car’s catalytic converter
An offi cer investigates the scene of the fatal crash. Photo by Todd Maisel
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fl ew out of the wrecked sedan
and struck a vehicle parked
about 100 feet away.
Emergency crews rushed
to the scene and extricated
the severely injured driver
from what was left of his vehicle.
Paramedics rushed
him to Coney Island Hospital
where he was pronounced
dead on arrival.
Police later identifi ed the
driver as Jason Rivera, 31, of
Shore Parkway in Canarsie.
The Belt Parkway’s westbound
lanes were shut for several
hours as members of the
NYPD Collision Investigation
Squad combed through the
wreckage.
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