Motorcyclist Dies After Richmond Avenue Crash With SUV Driver
Abdumalik Kurbanov, 21, died after a crash at Richmond Avenue and Amboy Road on Oct. 9, 2024, where police said he was thrown from his Yamaha motorcycle after a collision involving a 25-year-old Trailblazer driver.
What We Know
On Oct. 9, 2024, at about 7:27 p.m., Abdumalik Kurbanov, 21, was riding south on Richmond Avenue in Eltingville when the crash occurred near Amboy Road. Police told the Daily News the crash involved a 25-year-old woman driving a Chevy Trailblazer; Kurbanov was thrown from his Yamaha motorcycle and later died at Staten Island University Hospital North. The official crash record lists one motorist killed and two motorists injured, and records unsafe speed and traffic-control disregard as contributing factors. Police said no charges were immediately filed while the investigation continued.
What happened on Richmond Avenue
The official record places the crash at 7:27 p.m. on Oct. 9, 2024, at Richmond Avenue and Amboy Road in Staten Island, with one motorist killed and two motorists injured.
Police told the Daily News that Abdumalik Kurbanov was riding south on Richmond Avenue in Eltingville when the crash involved a Chevy Trailblazer driver near Amboy Road. Police said Kurbanov was thrown from his Yamaha motorcycle and taken to Staten Island University Hospital North, where he died.
The crash location
Records place the crash at Richmond Avenue and Amboy Road in Staten Island's 10312 ZIP code. The Daily News described the site as near Amboy Road in Eltingville and reported that Kurbanov was about four miles from home.
Who was hurt
Kurbanov was 21. The official record identifies the person killed as the motorcycle driver, and the Daily News identified him by name.
Drivers and movement before the crash
Official vehicle records identify Kurbanov as the licensed driver of a 2007 Yamaha motorcycle traveling south and going straight ahead before the crash.
The same records list a licensed female driver in a 2008 Chevrolet sport-utility vehicle traveling west and making a left turn. The Daily News identified the SUV as a Chevy Trailblazer.
Investigation status
Police told the Daily News that no charges were immediately filed as the investigation continued.