The weekend proved deadly for motorcycle riders across the city, with three men killed in separate crashes in three boroughs and a little girl critically hurt in the wake of one of the wrecks.
In the Bronx Sunday a motorcycle crash on the Pelham Parkway left its rider dead, his passenger critically hurt, and a 3-year-old girl traveling in a Lexus sedan fighting for her life, cops said.
The motorcycle rider, who hasn’t been identified, was heading west on Pelham Parkway at 2:50 p.m. when he crashed into a Lexus IS 350 making a left turn onto I-95, cops said.
The rider died on the scene, and his female passenger, who’s also unidentified, was taken to Jacobi Hospital in critical condition, police said.
Medics also rushed the toddler, who was strapped into a car seat in the Lexus to Jacobi. The girl was critically injured, with severe head and body trauma, police sources said.
The 40-year-old man driving the Lexus and his passenger, a 39-year-old woman, were hospitalized in stable condition, cops said.
In Brooklyn, 24-year-old Artem Polin died after rear-ending a dump truck on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway just after 1:15 p.m. Saturday, cops said.
Polin was operating a Honda motorcycle in the center lane of the eastbound expressway when he crashed into the back of an Isuzu dump truck driven by a 63-year-old man, cops said.
The impact launched Polin from his bike, cops said. He suffered severe body trauma. Medics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, but he couldn’t be saved.
Polin, who lived in Queens, worked as an engineer at Live Building Systems.
“Artem was a brilliant engineer, innovative and a joy to work with,” the company’s CEO, Teghpal Sandhu, told the Brooklyn Eagle. “Our deepest condolences are extended to his family and friends. We truly lost a great person. He made a tremendous impact in his short time here, and our entire firm is mourning his tragic loss.”
In Queens, 21-year-old Juan Aguilar died when the motorcycle he was riding on struck an SUV Friday, cops said.
Aguilar was sitting behind the 17-year-old driver of a 2023 Jiajue motorcycle as the teen headed east on 73rd Ave. in Fresh Meadows at about 6:30 p.m., cops said.
The teen lost control at the intersection of 184th St., crashing his bike into the front side of a 2017 Acura RDX going north, cops said. Neither Aguilar nor the teenage biker wore helmets, cops said.