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Motorcyclist Dies After Fellow Biker Runs Him Over on Atlantic Avenue: NYPD

By Noah Hurowitz | July 17, 2017 12:18pm
 Nathan Johnson, 35, died after being flung into the path of another motorcyclist early Sunday morning, police said.
Nathan Johnson, 35, died after being flung into the path of another motorcyclist early Sunday morning, police said.
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BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — A motorcyclist died early Sunday morning after being run over by a fellow biker on Atlantic Avenue, according to a police report.

Nathan Johnson, 35, of Queens, was headed east on Atlantic Avenue just after midnight Sunday when he and the other motorcyclist stopped at a red light at Buffalo Avenue, police said.

When the light turned green, Johnson zoomed ahead on his 2003 Honda CRB, speeding directly into a support column of the overhead train tracks and flying off his bike and into the roadway, where the other rider ran him over, according to a police report.

The other biker, 31, and a 26-year-old woman riding as a passenger were thrown off their 2017 Suzuki GSXR and landed on the pavement, police said.

Medics rushed Johnson to Interfaith Medical Center, but doctors were unable to save him, officials said. The other two bikers were brought to Interfaith with non life-threatening injuries, according to a police report.

No charges had been filed as of Monday morning, and the investigation is ongoing, police said.