Brooklyn motorist who hit motorcyclist charged with murder; the two were in a violent fight: the NYPD

Police said on Saturday that the Brooklyn driver who fatally hit a motorcyclist in 2021 before his Infiniti overturned deliberately rammed his victim after a violent fight minutes before the accident.

Motorist Derrick McCarthy, 27, has been charged with murder for an October 17, 2021 crash on Ralph Avenue at Clarendon Avenue in East Flatbush.

Police said McCarthy is accused of deliberately ramming a 2021 Talon motorcycle idling driven by Joshua Dion Taylor.

Taylor was about a mile from his home in Bergen Beach and was waiting at a traffic light when McCarthy’s Infiniti crashed into him, knocking him off his bike.

According to police, Infiniti got out of control after the accident. He jumped onto the nearest curb and rolled over on the pavement, crashing into a mesh fence.

An ambulance took Taylor to Brookdale University Hospital, where he died. McCarthy was also taken to Brookdale, where he was initially in critical condition but has since recovered.

NYPD detectives investigating the crash learned that McCarthy and Taylor had gotten into a fight on Ralph Avenue a few blocks from the crash site, although it wasn’t immediately clear what they were fighting about.

As the two fought, Taylor broke free, jumped on his motorcycle and sped south on Ralph Avenue, police sources familiar with the case said.

McCarthy, who lives in nearby Canarsie, ran to his Infiniti and followed Taylor to Clarendon Road, where police said he crashed into a motorcyclist from behind.

Police arrested McCarthy on Friday for murder. His indictment in Brooklyn Criminal Court was pending.