Motorcyclist dies in Henry Hudson Parkway crash.
Pablo Polanco, 29, died in a motorcycle crash on Manhattan's Henry Hudson Parkway at 4:01 p.m. on November 5, 2026, while heading to meet a friend, according to the city crash record and the Daily News.
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What We Know
Pablo Polanco, 29, died in a motorcycle crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway while heading to meet a friend, according to the Daily News. The city records the collision at 4:01 p.m. on November 5, 2026, with one fatality. Polanco worked as a skating-rink manager and security guard and used his motorcycle to travel around the city.
A northbound trip ended at the median.
Police told the Daily News that Polanco was riding north on the Henry Hudson Parkway when he lost control and struck the center median around 4 p.m. The city records the collision in Manhattan at 4:01 p.m. on November 5, 2026, with one person killed and no reported injuries.
The official record identifies his motorcycle as a 2019 Yamaha MT07. The Daily News reported that police said Polanco died at the scene.
A friend was waiting for him.
Polanco was on his way to meet Elisa Quezata, who told the Daily News she was waiting in a park. After she could not reach him, his mother told her he had died.
Polanco worked as a skating-rink manager and a security guard. He had moved into an Inwood apartment about six months earlier and used his motorcycle to get around the city.
"He really was a good person. I miss him," Quezata told the Daily News.
Police investigated the crash.
The Daily News reported on November 9 that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
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