SUV Driver Charged After Scooter Rider Dies on Upper East Side
At East 79th Street and Second Avenue just before midnight, a scooter rider died after a collision with a Volvo driver; police told amNY the driver, Shraga Orgad, was arrested on an unlicensed-driving charge.
What We Know
A late-night crash at East 79th Street and Second Avenue left one scooter rider dead and one driver injured. Police told amNY the rider was traveling south on Second Avenue on a gas-powered scooter when he collided with a Volvo SUV being driven east on 79th Street. After the collision, the rider was ejected into a light pole and taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died. Police identified the Volvo driver as Shraga Orgad, 26, of Brooklyn, and charged him with driving without a license. The official record classifies the vehicles as a moped and an SUV and lists traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor associated with the moped.
What police said happened before midnight
The official crash record places the collision at 11:53 p.m. on July 14, 2024, at East 79th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. It records one motorist killed and one motorist injured in a crash involving a moped and a station wagon or SUV.
Police told amNY that a 19-year-old man was riding a gas-powered scooter south on Second Avenue when he collided with a Volvo SUV being driven east on 79th Street. After the collision, he was ejected into a light pole and taken by EMS to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died.
The crash happened at East 79th Street and Second Avenue
The official record locates the fatal crash at the Upper East Side intersection of East 79th Street and Second Avenue. amNY reported the same intersection and noted that police said the scooter rider was traveling south on Second Avenue while the Volvo driver was traveling east on 79th Street.
People named or described in reports
The scooter rider
amNY, citing police, described the person who died as a 19-year-old man riding a gas-powered scooter. The official record lists the person killed as the male moped driver, but its age entry conflicts with the press account.
Shraga Orgad
Police identified the Volvo driver to amNY as Shraga Orgad, 26, of Brooklyn. He was treated for minor injuries, then arrested and charged with driving without a license. The official crash record also lists the SUV driver's license status as unlicensed.
Charges and recorded factors
Police charged Shraga Orgad with driving without a license, amNY reported. The official crash record also lists the SUV driver's license status as unlicensed.
The official crash record lists traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor associated with the moped. The reviewed press account does not describe the traffic-control sequence.