Driver left after striking motorcyclist in fatal Long Island Expressway crash.
A driver struck Kahyl Pena, 24, after he was thrown from his motorcycle near 97th Street and continued without stopping, police told the Daily News, in a Long Island Expressway crash officially recorded at 3:46 p.m. on July 24, 2025, with one death.
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What We Know
Kahyl Pena, an Astoria resident, died following a westbound Long Island Expressway collision involving a Mazda driver and another driver who left, according to police accounts. The official record places the crash at 3:46 p.m. on July 24, 2025, and records one death. Police told the Daily News that the Mazda driver stayed and was not charged, while the other driver had not been located.
Police described two successive impacts.
Police told the Daily News that Pena was riding a 2019 Kawasaki westbound when he collided with the rear left side of a 2024 Mazda CX-5. He was thrown into the center lane, where another driver struck him with a rear tire and continued without stopping.
The official record lists a motorcycle, a tractor truck and an SUV. The Daily News identifies the Mazda but does not identify the type of vehicle driven by the person who left.
Pena lived in Astoria.
Pena was 24 and lived in the Hallets Point section of Astoria, according to reporting by Bill Parry. Emergency responders took him to Elmhurst Hospital after the crash.
Reports differed on arrests.
The Daily News reported on July 28 that the 26-year-old Mazda driver remained at the scene and was not charged. Police said the other driver had not been located and apparently had not realized they had struck Pena.
QNS separately reported that arrests had occurred and that the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was continuing its investigation. That account did not identify anyone arrested or describe charges.
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