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Brooklyn Man Killed in Motorcycle Crash on Gowanus Expressway

August 11, 2013 2:27pm | Updated August 11, 2013 2:27pm
A man was killed while riding on his motorcycle on the Gowanus Expressway on August 11, 2013.
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SUNSET PARK — A 22-year-old man was killed early Sunday when he struck a divider on the Gowanus Expressway while riding his motorcycle and was killed, police said.

Jefferey Martinez, of Coney Island, was headed westbound on the Gowanus and had just passed the Prospect Expressway exit when he hit the divider and fell from his 2013 Yamaha motorcycle around 2:38 a.m., police said.

An investigation was ongoing, police said Sunday.

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