Motorcycle rider dies in LIE ramp crash in Maspeth.
David Rivera, 49, of Marlboro in Ulster County, died in a motorcycle crash recorded at 10:15 a.m. on August 8, 2026, on the Long Island Expressway outer roadway in Queens, according to the official record and QNS.
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What We Know
David Rivera, 49, of Marlboro in Ulster County, died in the August 8, 2026, crash. QNS reported that police investigators said he encountered a metal sewer grate while riding eastbound, lost control and collided with a barrier wall. The official record lists one fatality.
Police described a grate encounter and barrier collision.
According to QNS, NYPD collision investigators determined that Rivera was riding a Suzuki GSX-R750 eastbound on the right shoulder when he struck a metal sewer grate, lost control and collided with a barrier wall.
The official record identifies his motorcycle as a 2002 Suzuki GSX-R750 and records one death and no other injuries.
The crash happened on an eastbound ramp in Maspeth.
The official record places the collision on the LIE outer roadway in Queens at 10:15 a.m. on August 8, 2026. QNS identified the location as the eastbound outer roadway ramp east of 69th Street in Maspeth.
Emergency responders pronounced Rivera dead at the scene.
QNS reported that officers from the 104th Precinct found Rivera lying in the roadway with a serious head injury and that EMS pronounced him dead there. Police identified him as a resident of Marlboro in Ulster County.
As of the August 11 report, police had made no arrests and the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was continuing its investigation.