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Video: Motorcyclist dies after rescuers drop car on him

A witness said a responder cursed at another person working at the scene when the vehicle dropped onto the victim

By Hannah Rappleye and Jennifer Bain
The New York Post

NEW YORK — A college student pinned under a car that had crashed into his motorcycle in Brooklyn died yesterday after rescue workers struggling to free him from the wreckage dropped the vehicle on him in a tragic accident.

Karam Rampersaud, 21, of Brooklyn, had been on his way to classes at City College when he collided with a Ford Taurus at 8:45 a.m. on Loring Avenue and Forbell Street in East New York.

Seconds after cops and firefighters started to lift the Ford with a jack, things went horribly wrong.

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