OFF-DUTY NEW YORK CITY COP LOSES CONTROL OF MOTORCYCLE AND DIES IN QUEENS ACCIDENT
From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Queens Injury Attorney)
On Wednesday, June 2, 2010, off-duty New York City police officer Philip Clemens, age 27, was riding his motorcycle on the northbound Cross Island Parkway, when he had an accident. At about 10:000 P.M. he blew a curve and struck a guardrail.
Clemens, who joined the force in January 2006, flew off the bike and landed on the roadway. He was taken to New York Hospital in critical condition and later died from the injuries he sustained in the accident.
Dozens of relatives, friends and fellow New York cops flooded the hospital in the hours after the crash. Many wept openly in the building's lobby. Several cops broke down when news spread early Thursday that Clemens had died.
The officer was assigned to the 100th Precinct and had been on the job since 2006.
According to authorities, the accident is under investigation.
