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Bronx teen killed, passenger critical after motorcycle slams into double-parked truck

 

NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A teen driving a motorcycle in the Bronx was killed after slamming into the back of a double-parked tow truck Monday night, officials said.

 

Police responded to the fatal collision around 9:15 p.m. on Hunts Point Avenue in the Hunts Point section.

 

Officers discovered 18-year-old Stephanie Gil, the motorcyclist, and her 20-year-old female passenger lying on the roadway.

 

EMS transported both women to NYC Health & Hospitals/Lincoln, where Gil was pronounced dead and the passenger remains in critical condition.

 

Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined that the red motorcycle, operated by 18-year-old Gil, was traveling east bound on Hunts Point Avenue, just east of Bryant Avenue, when it struck the rear of a parked and unoccupied blue 2003 Sterling flatbed tow truck, which was double parked at the location.

 

As a result of the collision, both occupants of the motorcycle were ejected from the vehicle, striking their heads, officials said.

 

There are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

 

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Deadly motorcycle crash: 1 woman dead, another critical in Bronx

 

BRONX, New York (WABC) -- One woman is dead and another in critical condition after a motorcycle accident in the Bronx.

Police say 18-year-old Stephanie Gil was driving the motorcycle with a 20-year-old woman riding in the back Monday night.

They crashed into a double-parked tow truck on Hunts Point Avenue, just east of Bryant Avenue.

The women were ejected and hit their heads.

Police say they were not wearing helmets.

 

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