Overview

• Carlos Almanzar Toribio, 30, was arrested after the Wednesday morning collision near the Atlantic Avenue exit on the westbound BQE.
• He is charged with leaving the scene resulting in death, operating an unregistered vehicle, and driving with no license plate.
• Police say he was driving a 2020 Freightliner box truck toward the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge when it struck the officer’s Yamaha motorcycle.
• The 30-year-old officer, a four-year NYPD veteran assigned to the 84th Precinct, was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn and died; his name has not been released.
• Investigators closed westbound lanes for hours and reviewed bystander video, and a Brooklyn Criminal Court arraignment remains pending.