Motorcyclist Fatally Struck by SUV Driver on Harlem River Drive

By John Annese | NY Daily News

Dangerous road conditions led to an SUV driver fatally striking a motorcyclist on an upper Manhattan parkway early Sunday, cops said.

The 22-year-old driver was headed south on the Harlem River Drive when he lost control near W. 153rd St., slamming into a guardrail and 41-year-old motorcyclist Hector Ferrer just before 7 a.m., police said. Investigators believe weather conditions led to the crash, an NYPD spokesman said.

Record rainfall Saturday followed by below-freezing temperatures overnight into Sunday created black ice conditions on roadways and sidewalks across the city. More than 3.5 inches of rain fell in Central Park on Saturday.

Medics took Ferrer to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia, but he couldn’t be saved.

The driver stayed on the scene and has not been charged.

Ferrer lived in Bergenfield, N.J,., police said.