A Washington Heights man was arrested Wednesday night for allegedly fleeing the scene after fatally striking an off-duty NYPD officer on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway earlier that day, police said.

Carlos Almanzar Toribio, 30, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, an E-class felony, authorities said. Such crimes are punishable by up to four years in prison. He was also charged with driving an unregistered vehicle and driving without a license plate. He was arrested in Brooklyn.

The 30-year-old officer was riding his motorcycle westbound in the outermost lane of the BQE near exit 27, which connects to Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill, when he was struck by a box truck around 8:27 a.m. Wednesday, according to police.

The officer was transported to NYU Langone Hospital in Brook

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