Honda CR-V driver fled after Corona moped rider died
A Honda CR-V driver fled after a crash with a moped rider at 50th Avenue and 97th Street in Queens early Aug. 6, 2023, and medics took the rider to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died.
What We Know
The crash was recorded at 4:49 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, at 50 Avenue and 97 Street in Queens. Police told the Daily News that at about 4:55 a.m. a man riding a moped collided with a white Honda CR-V near the Corona intersection. Medics took him to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died, and the CR-V driver left the scene. City crash records list one person killed: the male moped driver, age 36. The Daily News reported the rider as 37.
Early-morning crash in Corona
The official record places the crash at 4:49 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, at 50 Avenue and 97 Street in Queens. The Daily News, citing police, reported that at about 4:55 a.m. a moped rider collided with a white Honda CR-V near 50th Avenue and 97th Street in Corona.
Witnesses told the paper there was contact with a nearby utility pole. Medics took the rider to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died, and the CR-V driver fled.
The rider was the only person reported killed
City records identify the person killed as a male moped driver, age 36. The Daily News reported the rider as a 37-year-old man.
Records list a Honda SUV and a moped
City records list a 2019 Honda SUV and a 2021 Zaizhou motorscooter involved in the crash. The SUV driver had a New York permit, and the moped driver was recorded as unlicensed. The Daily News described the Honda as a white CR-V.
Where
50th Ave & 97th St, Queens