Scooter Rider Dies After Maspeth Sidewalk Crash
Andrew Beicht, 46, died in a Nov. 1, 2023 crash recorded at 64th Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens after police said he lost control of an electric standup scooter on the sidewalk and hit a metal fence.
What We Know
Andrew Beicht, 46, died after a crash at 64th Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens on Nov. 1, 2023. Police told the Daily News that Beicht was riding north on the sidewalk along 64th Street in Maspeth when he lost control of an electric standup scooter near Flushing Avenue, was thrown headfirst into a metal fence, and suffered head and neck injuries. Medics took him to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died. The city crash record lists one person killed and identifies the vehicle as an e-scooter, with driver inexperience recorded as a contributing factor.
Police said the rider lost control on the sidewalk
Police said Andrew Beicht was riding north on the sidewalk along 64th Street in Maspeth near Flushing Avenue at about 10 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2023, when he lost control of an electric standup scooter. The Daily News reported that he was thrown headfirst into a metal fence and suffered head and neck injuries.
Medics took him to Elmhurst Hospital Center
Medics rushed Beicht to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died, according to the Daily News. The city crash record lists one person killed in the crash.
The crash was recorded at 64th Street and Flushing Avenue
The city crash record places the crash at 64th Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens, in the 11378 ZIP code. The Daily News described the location as Maspeth and reported that Beicht lived just down the block from where the crash happened.