E-bike rider Kenny DeForest dies after Crown Heights crash
Kenny DeForest, 37, died days after the Dec. 8 Rogers Avenue crash in which police said he hit an unoccupied car while riding an electric Citi Bike in Crown Heights.
What We Know
Kenny DeForest, a 37-year-old comedian, was fatally injured after a crash on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn on Dec. 8, 2023. Police told the New York Post he had been riding an electric Citi Bike at Saint Marks Avenue and Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights when he hit an unoccupied car and was thrown. City crash data recorded one cyclist killed and listed the rider as traveling north and going straight ahead on an e-bike. Police said no criminality was suspected and the investigation was ongoing.
Police described an e-bike crash into an unoccupied car
The crash was recorded at 8:43 a.m. on Dec. 8, 2023, on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn. Police told the New York Post that Kenny DeForest was riding an electric Citi Bike at Saint Marks Avenue and Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights when he hit an unoccupied car and was thrown from the bike.
The crash happened on Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights
The official record places the crash on Rogers Avenue. The police account reported by the New York Post put it at Saint Marks Avenue and Rogers Avenue, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn.
He died after hospital treatment for head trauma
The New York Post reported that DeForest was taken to Kings County Hospital, where he underwent surgery to relieve pressure from brain bleeding before he died. A GoFundMe page described by the article said his life would continue through organ donation.
Records and police statements leave the cause limited
Police did not disclose further crash details to the New York Post and said no criminality was suspected while the investigation continued. The city crash record listed “Pavement Defective” as a contributing factor, and the e-bike record also listed “Driver Inexperience.”