Motorcyclist critically hurt, passenger killed in Bronx crash

NEW YORK — Police say a motorcyclist was popping wheelies at the time of a deadly crash. 

It happened in the Fordham section of the Bronx. 

Police say the man was driving a motorcycle with a female passenger on University Avenue late Sunday night, when they veered into oncoming traffic and struck a Mercedes. 

The man driving the motorcycle is in critical condition. The female with him was pronounced dead at the hospital. 

The driver of the Mercedes was not hurt.