Motorcyclist Killed in Ambulance Crash on Upper East Side

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash involving an ambulance on the Upper East Side Friday morning, police say. 

The 44-year-old victim was riding his motorcycle southbound on Lexington Avenue when he was struck by an ambulance going eastbound on East 96th Street, according to police. 

The ambulance from New York Presbyterian Hospital had its lights and sirens on, police said. 

The motorcyclist was taken to Metropolitan Hospital where he was pronounced dead. He has not been identified. 

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