Moped Rider Killed in Astoria Crash With Subaru Driver
At 2:48 a.m. on July 7, 2025, police recorded a fatal crash at 37th Street and 23rd Avenue in Astoria, where amNewYork reported that a 22-year-old Subaru driver and moped rider Antonio Hernandez-Bazan collided before Hernandez-Bazan died at Elmhurst Hospital.
What We Know
Police recorded a fatal crash at 2:48 a.m. on July 7, 2025, at 37th Street and 23rd Avenue in Astoria. amNewYork reported that Antonio Hernandez-Bazan, 39, of Jamaica, was riding a moped east on 23rd Avenue while a 22-year-old man was driving a 2019 Subaru Forester north on 37th Street. After the collision, Hernandez-Bazan was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst with severe head trauma and was pronounced dead. The city crash record lists traffic-control disregard for the crash and records additional moped-driver factors of traffic-control disregard and driver inattention or distraction. Police reported no arrests as the Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
Before dawn in Astoria
The crash was recorded at 2:48 a.m. on July 7, 2025, at 37th Street and 23rd Avenue. amNewYork, citing police, reported that Antonio Hernandez-Bazan was riding a moped east on 23rd Avenue while a 22-year-old man was driving a 2019 Subaru Forester north on 37th Street when the collision occurred.
The crash location
The official record places the fatal crash at 37th Street and 23rd Avenue in Astoria, Queens, in the 11105 ZIP code. amNewYork reported the same intersection.
The rider who died
The official record identifies the person killed as a 39-year-old male moped driver. amNewYork identified him as Antonio Hernandez-Bazan of Jamaica and reported that EMS took him to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst with severe head trauma, where he was pronounced dead.
Movements recorded before impact
The city crash record lists a station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling north and a moped traveling east, with both drivers recorded as going straight ahead before the crash. amNewYork identified the SUV as a 2019 Subaru Forester and reported that a 21-year-old woman was riding as a passenger with the Subaru driver.
Recorded factors and investigation
The official crash record lists traffic-control disregard for the crash. In the vehicle-level record, police recorded traffic-control disregard and driver inattention or distraction for the moped driver.
amNewYork reported that the Subaru driver and passenger remained at the scene and refused medical attention. Police reported no arrests, and the NYPD Highway District Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.