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Victim Dwayne General lived on 180th Street in St. Albans.
St. Albans Man Dies in Conduit Crash
On Friday, May 19, at approximately 12:07 p.m., police responded to a 911 call of a motor vehicle accident involving a motorcycle on North Conduit Avenue in the vicinity of 79th Street. Upon arrival, officers observed Dwayne General, 54, the operator of the motorcycle, lying on the roadway with trauma about the body. EMS responded to the location and transported the aided male to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased.
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A man was killed on Friday in a crash on North Conduit Avenue in the vicinity of 79th Street.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that a 2012 Yamaha V-Star Cruiser motorcycle, operated by General, was traveling westbound on North Conduit Avenue when he failed to properly navigate the roadway, just west of 79th Street, and the motorcycle fell onto its left side, onto the street, where the vehicle came to a rest.
The investigation remains ongoing, NYPD officials noted.
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In April, the City Department of Transportation announced plans for a street improvement project at North and South Conduit avenues and 79th Street.
Just last month, the City Department of Transportation announced plans for a street improvement project at North and South Conduit avenues and 79th Street.
In a letter to stakeholders, DOT Queens Borough Commissioner Nicole Garcia noted that “the design is in response to numerous community and elected official requests for a safer pedestrian crossing between the north and south sides of Conduit Avenue across the grassy area.”
