It happened at 38th Street and 43rd Avenue in the Sunnyside section around 3:30 a.m.
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Police said a van was traveling north on a one-way street, 43rd Avenue, when it was struck head-on by a motorcycle traveling southbound in the wrong direction at a high speed.
When officers arrived at the scene, they discovered 22-year-old Steven Goddard, of Queens, and 20-year-old Amy Gutierrez, of Queens, unconscious and unresponsive, lying in the roadway with severe body trauma. Police said Goddard had been operating the motorcycle, and Gutierrez was a passenger.
They were transported to Elmhurst Hospital where both were pronounced dead.
The driver of the van remained at the scene and refused medical attention.
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No arrests were made, and an investigation remains ongoing.
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