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Health & Fitness

Motorcyclist Dies In Accident With Taxi And Bus

Motorcyclist thrown from bike and pinned between cab and bus.

by Long Island Attorney Paul A. Lauto, Esq.

Motorcyclist Juan Velez was involved in an accident this past weekend, while heading east on Lenox Avenue in Harlem, NY.  Reportedly, a yellow cab struck Velez in the rear throwing him off his motorcycle and into the rear of a tour bus stopped at a red light.  Velez was pinned between the cab and the bus until emergency services arrived.  He was taken to the Harlem Hospital Center, where he was prounounced dead.

Read more as to what the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law requires you to do when operating a motor vehicle, in our latest Scales of Justice blog at http://www.liattorney.com.

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