Dirt Bike Rider Dies After Bronx Crash With Parks Truck
Gregorio Arango, 43, died after a July 2, 2022 crash involving his motorcycle and a dump truck at Willow Avenue and East 138th Street, with the Daily News reporting that the city Parks Department truck encounter left him burned and trapped before his death on Aug. 8.
What We Know
Gregorio Arango, 43, was riding north on Willow Avenue near East 138th Street at about 7 p.m. on July 2, 2022, when he crashed with a city Parks Department truck, the Daily News reported, citing police. The official crash record lists a motorcycle and a dump truck at that Bronx intersection, with the motorcycle going straight north and the truck driver traveling west and making a left turn. The record cites traffic-control disregard in the crash and lists unsafe speed for the motorcycle. The Daily News reported that Arango was pinned under the dirt bike after the crash, that it caught fire, and that first responders took him to Harlem Hospital, where he died on Aug. 8 from burns and other injuries.
A July crash became a fatality weeks later
The official record places the crash at 7:03 p.m. on July 2, 2022, at Willow Avenue and East 138th Street in the Bronx. It lists one motorist killed and no other reported injuries.
The Daily News identified the rider as Gregorio Arango and reported, citing police, that he was riding north on Willow Avenue when he crashed with a city Parks Department truck near East 138th Street. The article said first responders found him pinned under the dirt bike after it caught fire.
The crash happened in Mott Haven near where Arango lived
The crash was recorded at Willow Avenue and East 138th Street in the Bronx. The Daily News described the location as Mott Haven and reported that it was two blocks from a family shelter where Arango lived with his teenage daughter.
The records describe a motorcycle and a city truck
The official record lists Arango as the 43-year-old male driver and only occupant of a Yamaha motorcycle traveling north and going straight ahead. It lists a male driver in a 2019 Ford dump truck traveling west and making a left turn.
The Daily News described the other vehicle as a city Parks Department truck. The article said police reported that Arango crashed into the back of the truck; the official record lists impact to the motorcycle’s front and damage to the truck’s left-side doors.
Neighbors remembered Arango after he died
The Daily News reported that first responders put out the fire and took Arango to Harlem Hospital. He died there on Aug. 8 from extensive burns and other injuries, according to the article.
Neighbors at the shelter helped create a small memorial near the crash site. Shelter resident Shamika White told the Daily News that Arango was full of life and often offered positive words.