Porsche SUV Driver Fatally Injured E-Scooter Rider in Queens
At about 5:59 p.m. on July 20, 2022, a driver in a Porsche SUV hit 30-year-old e-scooter rider Brendan Marmolejos at Vernon Boulevard and 44th Drive in Long Island City, police told the Daily News, and he died at Bellevue Hospital a week later.
What We Know
Brendan Marmolejos, 30, was riding a standup electric scooter on 44th Drive in Long Island City at about 6 p.m. on July 20, 2022, when police said a driver in a Porsche SUV hit him at Vernon Boulevard and left the scene. The city crash record places the crash at 5:59 p.m. and lists one person killed. Police told the Daily News that Marmolejos was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a severe head injury and died on July 27. Two days after the crash, Dwayne Bovell, 40, surrendered with an attorney and was charged with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury; a law enforcement source said Queens prosecutors deferred prosecution while the investigation continued.
Police said the driver left after the crash
The city crash record places the fatal crash at Vernon Boulevard and 44th Drive in Queens at 5:59 p.m. on July 20, 2022. The Daily News reported that police said Brendan Marmolejos was riding a standup electric scooter on 44th Drive when a driver in a Porsche SUV hit him at Vernon Boulevard and left the scene.
The official record lists the SUV driver as going south and the e-scooter rider as going west, with both recorded as going straight ahead before the crash.
The crash was recorded in Long Island City
The crash location was Vernon Boulevard at 44th Drive in the 11101 ZIP code. The Daily News identified the site as Long Island City, where NYPD Highway Patrol Collision Investigation Squad members gathered evidence at the intersection.
Brendan Marmolejos died after a week at Bellevue
The official record identifies the person killed as a 30-year-old male e-scooter rider. The Daily News identified him as Brendan Marmolejos and reported that he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a severe head injury before he died on July 27.
Marmolejos' cousin Jason Meneses wrote on a GoFundMe that the pain was immeasurable, and the Daily News reported that more than $21,000 had been raised for medical bills and funeral expenses.
Records list a Porsche SUV and a Ninebot e-scooter
The crash record describes the driver's vehicle as a 2022 station wagon or sport utility vehicle, and the Daily News described it as a Porsche SUV. The record lists damage to the right front bumper, right front quarter panel and center front end.
The e-scooter is listed in the official record as a Ninebot. The record notes right-side door impact damage and describes the scooter as demolished.
A charge was filed, but prosecutors had not moved ahead
The Daily News reported that Dwayne Bovell, 40, surrendered to police with an attorney two days after the crash. Police charged him with leaving the scene of an accident with serious injury, but a law enforcement source said the Queens District Attorney's office deferred prosecution while investigators continued their work.