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Police Identify Man Killed While Riding Bike on BQE
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John Del Signore
Published Jan 26, 2011
Modified Jan 26, 2011
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Published Jan 26, 2011
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Police sources have confirmed that the man killed on the BQE last Thursday morning was in fact riding a bike. He's been identified as 45-year-old Dominik Perez, a homeless Brooklyn man who was inexplicably cycling on the Staten Island-bound side of the BQE near the Atlantic Avenue exit. A driver in a Lincoln Town Car hit Perez at around 4:15 a.m., and Perez was knocked into the path of a Toyota Camry.
Contrary to initial reports, both drivers stayed at the scene. Neither were charged. Perez was rushed to Long Island Hospital, where he died. It's a mystery why and how Perez ended up bicycling on the BQE; a police source tells the Brooklyn Paper, "It’s something we’re curious about. Obviously, it’s a tragedy, but he didn’t belong on the BQE."
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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