QUEENS, N.Y. - Police are investigating a deadly crash overnight involving a motorcycle and a garbage truck in Queens.

It happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday near Liberty Avenue and 157th Street in Jamaica.

The NYPD says two men were riding a motorcycle at high speed when the bike hit a private sanitation truck that was backing up.

Both men were thrown from the motorcycle.

One man died, and the other is recovering from his injuries at the hospital.

The sanitation truck driver stayed on the scene and was not hurt.