A New Jersey motorist was extradited back to Queens after he was indicted in connection to a hit-and-run collision in Astoria that left a motorcyclist with a fractured spine in November 2023. A Queens grand jury indicted a New Jersey man for assault and a slew of other related crimes stemming from a 2023 hit-and-run collision in Astoria that seriously injured a motorcyclist. The impact of the collision ejected Bustamante from the motorcycle and he landed at the opposite corner. The Volkswagen, which had been rented by Taher’s mother, was recovered in Woodside a few hours after the collision, missing its front license plate. “A long-term investigation by my Vehicular Homicide Unit led to the defendants identification and apprehension in New Jersey,” Katz said.