A motorcyclist was killed on Manhattan’s FDR Drive when he was struck from behind and pinned under a car, police said Monday.
Nathaniel Knight was heading uptown on his electric motorcycle when was hit from behind near E. 55th St. by the 19-year-old driver of a 2008 Honda Civic about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, cops said.
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The Civic was then rear-ended by the driver of a 2006 Civic, also a 19-year-old man.
Knight, 40, was pinned beneath the 2008 Civic and died at the scene.
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The two drivers remained at the scene and faced no immediate charges. Police are continuing to investigate.
Knight lived in the Farragut Houses near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to cops.
Motorcyclist fatally struck from behind on Manhattan’s FDR Drive, pinned under car
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