Motorcyclist dies after Bronx barricade crash near Orchard Beach
A 58-year-old motorcyclist was killed at Park Drive and Orchard Beach Road on Oct. 14, 2022, after police said he hit a metal barricade near the Orchard Beach parking lot.
What We Know
A 58-year-old man riding a 2012 motorcycle was killed on Oct. 14, 2022, at Park Drive and Orchard Beach Road in the Bronx. The city crash record lists a motorcycle traveling south and cites obstruction or debris as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News the rider was near the exit to the Orchard Beach parking lot when he hit a metal barricade that had been placed to separate southbound lanes. A piece of the barrier broke off and became lodged in the motorcycle, and the rider was thrown. Officers found him unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury, and medics took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died.
A southbound ride ended at a barricade
The city crash record says the crash happened at 6:53 p.m. on Oct. 14, 2022, at Park Drive and Orchard Beach Road. It records one person killed: a 58-year-old male motorcycle driver.
Police told the Daily News the rider was heading south near the exit to the Orchard Beach parking lot when he hit a barricade placed to separate southbound lanes. A piece of the metal barrier broke off and became lodged in the motorcycle, and the rider was thrown.
The crash was near the Orchard Beach parking lot exit
The official record places the crash at Park Drive and Orchard Beach Road in the Bronx. The Daily News described the site as near the exit to the large Orchard Beach parking lot.
Records and police accounts point to the barrier
The city crash record lists obstruction or debris as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News the barricade had been set up to separate the left and right southbound lanes, and that a piece of the barrier broke off during the crash.
Police sources also told the Daily News the rider may have been testing the motorcycle in the parking lot before the crash.
The rider died after medics took him to Jacobi
Responding officers found the rider unconscious on the pavement with a severe head injury, according to the Daily News. Medics took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died.
The Daily News reported that police had not immediately released his name while they sought family members.