E-bike rider killed in Eastern Parkway crash with Jeep driver
A 41-year-old e-bike rider was killed at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue shortly after 8 p.m.; police told reporters paramedics took him to Kings County Hospital after he and a Jeep driver collided.
What We Know
A 41-year-old man riding a Sur-Ron Light Bee LBX e-bike was killed at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue at 8:01 p.m. City crash data records the rider traveling east and the Jeep driver making a left turn in a 2019 Jeep SUV; the same record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the e-bike rider. Police accounts in news reports said paramedics took the rider to Kings County Hospital, where he died. Reports differed from the city record on the Jeep driver’s approach: amNewYork and the New York Post described the driver as traveling west on Eastern Parkway and turning left onto Schenectady Avenue, while the official record lists the Jeep as traveling south.
The crash happened shortly after 8 p.m. in Crown Heights
City records place the fatal crash at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue at 8:01 p.m. on September 3, 2023. The official record lists one person killed and no other injuries.
Police told the Daily News that the e-bike rider and the driver of a white Jeep collided near the intersection. The Daily News reported that paramedics took the rider to Kings County Hospital, where he died.
The person killed was the e-bike rider
The official crash record identifies the person killed as a 41-year-old male e-bike rider. News reports published after the crash said police had not released his name.
Records and reports differ on the Jeep driver’s approach
The official record describes a 2019 Jeep SUV driver making a left turn and the e-bike rider going straight east on Eastern Parkway. It identifies the e-bike as a Sur-Ron Light Bee LBX.
amNewYork and the New York Post reported a different approach for the Jeep driver, saying police described the driver as traveling west on Eastern Parkway and trying to turn left onto Schenectady Avenue.
Unsafe speed appears in the official record
City crash data lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor and attributes it to the e-bike rider. The reviewed articles did not report a charge against either person in connection with the crash.
The intersection had seen other recent fatal crashes
amNewYork reported that this was the third fatal collision in less than 18 months at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue. The article cited fatal crashes there in April 2022 and October 2022.
Police investigation continued after the crash
The Daily News reported that the Jeep driver remained at the scene and that NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. amNewYork reported that the driver was given a field sobriety test and that no one had been charged at the time of publication.