Driver's Dooring Kills Cyclist on Liberty Avenue in Queens
At 6:09 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2025, at Liberty Avenue and 103rd Avenue in Queens, police said a 67-year-old driver opened a Kia Soul door as 24-year-old cyclist Sahan Ahmed passed; the city crash record records one bicyclist killed.
What We Know
Sahan Ahmed, 24, was riding west on Liberty Avenue near 103rd Avenue at 6:09 p.m. on Nov. 18, 2025, when police said a 67-year-old driver opened the door of a 2012 Kia Soul as he passed, causing the crash. Emergency personnel took Ahmed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition, and police said he died on Friday. The city crash record records one bicyclist killed and no other injuries at Liberty Avenue and 103rd Avenue, with driver inattention or distraction listed as a contributing factor. The official record lists the parked vehicle as a pick-up truck with a Kia car or SUV make, while the police account reported by amNewYork identified it as a 2012 Kia Soul.
Police said a driver opened a door as Ahmed passed
Police told amNewYork that Sahan Ahmed was biking westbound on Liberty Avenue when the 67-year-old female driver of a 2012 Kia Soul opened her door while he passed, causing the crash. The city crash record places the crash at Liberty Avenue and 103rd Avenue at 6:09 p.m. and records Ahmed as a 24-year-old male bicyclist who was killed.
Ahmed died after being taken to Jamaica Hospital
Emergency services personnel took Ahmed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in critical condition, and police said he died on Friday. amNewYork reported that he lived near the crash site.
Records describe the vehicle differently
The police account reported by amNewYork identified the driver's vehicle as a 2012 Kia Soul. The city crash record lists a parked pick-up truck with a Kia car or SUV make and records the rider traveling west and going straight ahead on a bike, later updated in the official vehicle data as an e-bike.
Driver inattention or distraction appears in the city record
The city crash record lists driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. amNewYork reported that police said the driver remained at the scene and that no arrest had been made as the investigation continued.
Liberty Avenue has seen repeated harm since 2022
The crash happened at Liberty Avenue and 103rd Avenue in Queens. Along Liberty Avenue in Queens, CrashCountNYC's Crash Finder recorded 1,146 crashes, 734 injuries, 52 serious injuries and 5 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.