A funeral was held Wednesday for an NYPD officer who died in a motorcycle crash last week on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Officer Jay Peña, 33, was off duty last Wednesday morning when police said his motorcycle collided with a box truck on the BQE near Atlantic Avenue.
Police said the driver fled the scene but was later arrested on charges of leaving a deadly crash and operating an unregistered vehicle without a license.
NYPD Officer Jay Peña mourned in home borough of Brooklyn
Peña was born and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn and served with the NYPD’s 48th Precinct in the Bronx…