Driver charged after Harlem crash kills e-bike rider
At 8:05 p.m. on March 19, 2026, on West 125th Street at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, police said Kevin Crosby drove a Hyundai Tucson at high speed into two e-bike delivery workers, killing a 28-year-old rider and injuring four other people.
What We Know
On March 19, 2026, a driver in a Hyundai SUV was recorded in the city crash file in a fatal collision with two e-bike riders and several other vehicles at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Police and prosecutors later identified the driver as Kevin Crosby, 49, and said he was moving east at high speed in the bus lane when he hit two delivery workers from behind. A 28-year-old rider died at Mount Sinai Morningside; a 33-year-old rider was critically injured, and three people in other vehicles were also hurt. Police charged Crosby with manslaughter and driving under the influence, and prosecutors later said he had used marijuana and PCP before driving. His lawyer said steering and brake problems contributed to the crash.
Police described a high-speed chain of impacts
The city crash record places the collision at 8:05 p.m. on March 19, 2026, at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. It records one bicyclist killed, one cyclist injured and three motorists injured.
Police and prosecutors said Kevin Crosby was driving a red Hyundai Tucson east on West 125th Street at high speed when he hit two e-bike riders. After the first impacts, police said Crosby continued east and hit other occupied and parked vehicles, including a Toyota RAV4, a Lexus, an unoccupied NYPD cruiser and a tractor-trailer; reports differ on the exact order after the riders were hit.
The rider who died was reported as a Bronx delivery worker
The official record lists the person killed as a 28-year-old male bicyclist riding an e-bike. Most reviewed articles identified him as Darly Zacarias; the Daily News used Darlyn Zacarias, and later indictment coverage used Zacarias Darly.
The Daily News reported that his family believed he was working an app-based food delivery job when he was killed. His uncle told the paper, “Everyone loved him. He was just very kind.” ABC7 reported that he had a son who turned 10 the day after the crash.
Another 33-year-old e-bike rider was critically injured. A 40-year-old RAV4 driver and two Lexus occupants, ages 23 and 28, were also taken to hospitals with injuries that authorities described as stable.
Impairment, speed and a defense claim are part of the record
The city crash file lists illegal drugs as a contributing factor for the crash, and lists illegal drugs and unsafe speed for the Hyundai driver. News reports also cited police, prosecutors and video evidence in describing high-speed driving.
Police charged Kevin Crosby with manslaughter and driving under the influence. Prosecutors later said Crosby told officers he had smoked marijuana before driving and PCP earlier in the day. His defense lawyer, Seann Riley, said the Hyundai had steering and brake problems.
A busy Harlem corridor with a long crash record
The crash happened at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Manhattan, near the Apollo Theater. ABC7 described the block as typically busy around 8 p.m. with people, buses, cars and bikes, with bus lanes and speed restrictions on the street.
CrashCountNYC location context shows the Frederick Douglass Boulevard corridor recorded 935 crashes, 572 injuries, 50 serious injuries and 2 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Prosecutors later announced an indictment
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg later said Crosby was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, criminal possession of a controlled substance, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs and reckless driving. Bragg said, “Our streets should be safe for cyclists, and we will prosecute drivers whose dangerous driving harms New Yorkers.”
Los Deliveristas Unidos called the death “a devastating reminder of the dangers deliveristas face every day,” and said delivery work is among the city’s most hazardous jobs.