Teen passenger dies after a Queens motorcycle crash.
A 15-year-old boy operating a Yamaha motorcycle was in a collision with a Mazda at Cooper Avenue and 88th Street in Queens on Feb. 21, 2022; passenger Alexandra Ariza, 16, died two days later, police told the Daily News.
What We Know
A crash at Cooper Avenue and 88th Street in Queens was recorded at 3:13 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2022, with one person killed and three people injured. Police told the Daily News that a 15-year-old boy was operating a 2021 Yamaha motorcycle with 16-year-old Alexandra “Allie” Ariza seated behind him when he was in a collision with the front of a Mazda CX-30 outside St. John Cemetery in Glendale. Medics took Alexandra to Jamaica Hospital with a head injury, and she died two days later. The official vehicle record listed traffic control disregarded and driver inexperience for the Yamaha motorcycle, and the Daily News reported that no charges had been filed.
What police and the record say happened.
The crash was recorded at 3:13 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2022, at Cooper Avenue and 88th Street in Queens. The Daily News reported, citing police, that a 15-year-old boy operating a 2021 Yamaha motorcycle had Alexandra “Allie” Ariza seated behind him when he was in a collision with the front of a Mazda CX-30.
The official vehicle record lists the Yamaha as traveling east and going straight ahead, while the Mazda driver was traveling northwest and making a left turn. The official record lists one person killed and three people injured.
The crash happened outside St. John Cemetery in Glendale.
The official record places the crash at Cooper Avenue and 88th Street in Queens, ZIP code 11385. The Daily News described the location as Cooper Avenue near 88th Street in Glendale, just outside St. John Cemetery.
A teenage passenger died, and three others were injured.
Alexandra “Allie” Ariza, 16, of Nyack in Rockland County, was the rear passenger on the Yamaha, according to the Daily News and the official person record. Police told the Daily News that she suffered a head injury, was taken to Jamaica Hospital, and died two days later.
The records describe a Yamaha and a Mazda.
The official detailed vehicle record identifies the Yamaha as a 2021 motorcycle with two occupants; the Daily News also described it as a 2021 Yamaha motorcycle. The official crash summary categorized one vehicle as a moped, creating a difference in how the Yamaha was described.
The official record identifies the other vehicle as a 2021 Mazda station wagon or SUV, and the Daily News described it as a Mazda CX-30.
Police had not filed charges when the death was reported.
The Daily News reported on March 10, 2022, that no charges had been filed.