E-Bike Rider Dies After Bronx Crash With Turning SUV Driver
At 11:37 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2022, a 63-year-old driver in a Ford Escape turned at East 188th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx, and police said a 67-year-old e-bike rider was thrown off and later died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
What We Know
The crash happened late in the morning at East 188th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx. The city crash record says a Ford SUV driver was making a right turn and an e-bike rider was going straight; the record lists failure to yield right-of-way. Police told the Daily News that the 63-year-old driver in a Ford Escape collided with the 67-year-old rider after she came from the sidewalk into the crosswalk. She was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital and died the next day. Police said the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged.
A turn at Park Avenue ended in a fatal e-bike crash
The city crash record places the crash at East 188th Street and Park Avenue at 11:37 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2022. It records one death and lists the vehicles as a Ford SUV and an e-bike.
Police told the Daily News that the 63-year-old driver in a Ford Escape was turning right from East 188th Street onto Park Avenue when he collided with the 67-year-old e-bike rider.
The crash happened in Belmont, at East 188th Street and Park Avenue
The official record lists the crash in the Bronx ZIP code 10458, at East 188th Street and Park Avenue. The Daily News described the location as Belmont.
The rider died the next day
Police said the rider was thrown from her e-bike and was run over. Medics took her to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died the next day.
Police said the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged as of the Daily News report.