E-bike rider dies after hitting double-parked truck in Washington Hi
Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez was riding an e-bike east on West 181 Street at 3:57 a.m. when police said he hit the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer near Fort Washington Avenue and later died at Harlem Hospital.
What We Know
A man riding an e-bike east on West 181 Street in Washington Heights just before 4 a.m. on June 1, 2024, hit the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer near Fort Washington Avenue, police told amNewYork. He was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he died. The official crash record records one cyclist killed, no other injuries, an e-bike and a diesel tractor truck, and driver inattention/distraction as a contributing factor. The article identified him as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez of Mount Eden in the Bronx and gave his age as 38; the official record lists the killed bicyclist as 37.
What police said happened before dawn
Police told amNewYork that Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez was riding east on West 181st Street just before 4 a.m. on June 1, 2024, when he hit the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer near Fort Washington Avenue.
The official crash record lists the crash time as 3:57 a.m. and records one cyclist killed, with no pedestrians or motorists injured.
West 181st Street in Washington Heights
The crash happened on West 181st Street near Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights, according to the official record and amNewYork. Both the e-bike rider and the tractor-trailer were recorded as facing east before the crash.
The rider who died
amNewYork identified the rider as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez of Mount Eden in the Bronx and reported that he was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he could not be saved.
The article reported his age as 38. The official crash record lists the killed bicyclist as 37.
The vehicles in the crash record
The official record lists a diesel tractor truck and an e-bike. It describes the tractor truck as parked before the crash, and amNewYork reported that the tractor-trailer was double-parked.
The official vehicle record lists damage to the e-bike's center front end and lists the truck's right rear bumper as the point of impact.
Part of a deadly year for cyclists
amNewYork reported that Zamora Rodriguez was the 10th cyclist to die on New York City streets in 2024 and that 92 people had died in traffic collisions citywide by that point in the year, citing NYPD statistics.