Two people are dead after their motorcycle crashed on the Gowanus Expressway this morning.
Police have identified the two victims as 30-year-old Jose Chevere and 24-year-old Jalissa Otero.
Authorities say Chevere and Otero were riding on the same motorcycle traveling eastbound on expressway around 2 a.m. when they lost control trying navigate a curve in the road and hit a cement wall.
They say both victims were ejected from the motorcycle and fell 36 feet onto 17th Street, sustaining serious trauma to their bodies.
Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene.