Driver fleeing NYPD in pickup killed Queens cyclist
Prosecutors say Bekim Fiseku hit Amanda Servedio while fleeing police after a burglary call at an Astoria intersection where the official record shows one cyclist was killed at 11:10 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2024.
What We Know
Amanda Servedio was bicycling through 34th Avenue and 37th Street in Astoria late on Oct. 22, 2024, when a driver fleeing police hit her. The official crash record lists one cyclist killed, with a pickup truck, a parked sedan and a bicycle involved. Police and prosecutors later identified Bekim Fiseku as the pickup driver and said officers had been responding to a burglary call before the pursuit. Prosecutors said Servedio had the right of way, and Fiseku was later indicted on charges including murder and manslaughter.
The pursuit reached 34th Avenue and 37th Street.
The official crash record places the fatal crash at 34th Avenue and 37th Street in Queens at 11:10 p.m. on Oct. 22, 2024, and records one cyclist killed. Police told reporters that officers had responded to a burglary call, approached a Dodge Ram with tape over its rear plate, and the pickup driver sped away.
Press accounts and prosecutors said the driver hit Amanda Servedio as she rode through the Astoria intersection. Officers stopped to aid her, first responders took her to Elmhurst Hospital, and the driver continued away from the scene.
A fatal crash on a heavily used Queens corridor.
The crash happened at 34th Avenue and 37th Street in Queens. CrashCountNYC’s Crash Finder shows that the broader 34th Avenue corridor in Queens had 891 crashes, 586 injuries, 32 serious injuries and 6 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The official record lists a pickup, a parked sedan and a bicycle.
The official crash record lists the pickup as a 2023 Dodge traveling east and going straight before the crash. It lists a 2015 BMW sedan as parked and records the bicycle as demolished. Press accounts identified the pickup as a Dodge Ram and said Servedio was thrown into the parked BMW.
Amanda Servedio was remembered by cyclists and neighbors.
Friends, family and fellow cyclists gathered a week later for a tribute and installed a ghost bike where Servedio was killed. ABC7 reported that she was part of Bike and Brew NYC, and Gothamist reported that friends and family said she was returning from a cycling event when the driver hit her.
The New York Post reported that Servedio was originally from Arkansas, lived in Astoria, and worked as a senior tax accountant at a Midtown firm.
Investigators focused on fleeing, red lights and aggressive driving.
The official crash record lists traffic control disregarded and aggressive driving or road rage as contributing factors for the pickup driver. Prosecutors later said surveillance videos showed the men speeding, weaving in and out of bike lanes and running red lights before the fatal crash, and said Servedio had the right of way.
Prosecutors charged a driver and police later named another suspect.
Police identified Bekim Fiseku as a suspect in November 2024. In June 2025, prosecutors charged him in Queens Supreme Court with murder, manslaughter and other counts; Gothamist reported that he faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted on the state charges.
In February 2026, police identified Nedzad Korac as another suspect and asked for the public’s help finding him. The Daily News reported that police said Korac was in the pickup with Fiseku and another passenger during the flight from officers.