Moped rider dies after Sunset Park collision with unlicensed driver
A 41-year-old moped driver was killed at 3rd Avenue and 51st Street in Brooklyn on Aug. 30, 2023, and police told Brooklyn Paper the rider was Waki Knight, who hit the side of a Honda Civic driven by an unlicensed 26-year-old.
What We Know
Waki Knight, 41, was killed around 12:52 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2023, in Brooklyn. The city crash record places the collision at 3rd Avenue and 51st Street and lists a moped and a sedan; Brooklyn Paper reported police described Knight riding an unregistered Jiajue moped north on 3rd Avenue, losing control at 52nd Street, falling, and hitting the side of a passing Honda Civic. The public sources differ by one block on the cross street. Police told Brooklyn Paper that paramedics took Knight to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead from severe head trauma, and that officers arrested the 26-year-old Honda driver on a charge of driving without a valid license.
Police described a fall before the impact
The city crash record says the crash happened at 12:52 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2023, involved a moped and a sedan, and killed one motorist.
Brooklyn Paper reported that police said Waki Knight, 41, was riding an unregistered Jiajue moped north on 3rd Avenue when he lost control, fell, and hit the side of a passing Honda Civic.
The records disagree by one block
The city crash record locates the collision at 3rd Avenue and 51st Street in Brooklyn's 11220 ZIP code.
Brooklyn Paper reported that police described the site as 3rd Avenue at 52nd Street in Sunset Park, so the public sources disagree on the cross street.
Knight lived near the crash scene
Brooklyn Paper identified the rider as Waki Knight of Sunset Park and reported that he lived about a block from the scene. Paramedics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead from severe head trauma.
The same article reported that police found the 26-year-old Honda driver was unlicensed and arrested him on a charge of driving without a valid license. The city vehicle record also lists the sedan driver as unlicensed.
The crash involved a Jiajue moped and a Honda sedan
The city vehicle record lists a 2022 Zhejiang Jiajue moped traveling north and a 2022 Honda sedan traveling west, both going straight before the crash. Brooklyn Paper reported that police described the Honda as a Civic and the moped as unregistered.
A traffic-control factor appears in the city record
The city crash record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor and places that factor on the moped record. Brooklyn Paper reported that police said Knight lost control before the impact.
Brooklyn Paper reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate the crash.