Police say a man driving a dirt bike was killed after striking a car in Brooklyn.

They say 24-year-old Paul Carthy, of Brooklyn, was traveling eastbound on Clarkson Avenue when he struck a Nissan Altima going in the same direction Sunday night.

Carthy was taken to Kings County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police say he was riding an unregistered Kawasaki dirt bike.

(AP)