Hit-and-run driver killed Erick Bowie on Amsterdam Avenue
Police said a Dodge Durango driver hit cyclist Erick Lamont Bowie near West 151st Street and Amsterdam Avenue on June 19, 2026, fled the scene, and left him with fatal injuries.
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What We Know
Police said a driver in a black Dodge Durango was traveling south on Amsterdam Avenue near West 151st Street at about 9:45 p.m. on June 19 when the driver hit a 32-year-old bicyclist and fled. The Daily News later identified the cyclist as Erick Lamont Bowie and reported that police said he was sideswiped while trying to maneuver around a double-parked car. Emergency crews took Bowie to Harlem Hospital, where he died. Streetsblog reported that aftermath images showed an unoccupied minivan blocking the unprotected bike lane. Police were still looking for the Durango driver days later, and Bowie's mother, Tanya Bowe, told the Daily News that she wanted the driver caught and charged.
Police said the driver fled after hitting a cyclist
Police said the driver of a black Dodge Durango was traveling south on Amsterdam Avenue around 9:45 p.m. when the driver hit a 32-year-old bicyclist near West 151st Street and Amsterdam Avenue, then left without stopping.
The Daily News reported that police said Erick Lamont Bowie was bicycling south and trying to maneuver around a double-parked car when the driver sideswiped him. Bowie was thrown from his bike, suffered severe head injuries, and died after medics took him to Harlem Hospital.
Erick Lamont Bowie was identified days later
The Daily News identified the cyclist as Erick Lamont Bowie, 32, and reported that he worked as a driver at Interfaith Medical Center and lived with his mother in the NYCHA Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Tanya Bowe, identified by the Daily News as Bowie's mother, said, "I want this person caught. I want charges pressed against him. My son didn't deserve this. I want justice for my son."
The crash happened on Amsterdam Avenue in Hamilton Heights
Police placed the crash near West 151st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Hamilton Heights, in Upper Manhattan. Press accounts described both Bowie and the driver as traveling south on Amsterdam Avenue before the collision.
The Daily News reported that Bowie was trying to get around a double-parked car. Streetsblog reported that photos from the aftermath showed an unoccupied minivan parked illegally in the street's unprotected bike lane, while noting that NYPD's communications office did not mention the minivan's position in the bike lane.
Police continued to search for the Durango driver
ABC7 reported the day after the crash that no arrests had been made and police were searching for the driver of the Dodge Durango. FOX 5 reported that police urged anyone with information about the driver or the 2021 Dodge Durango to contact authorities.
By June 26, the Daily News reported that the driver had fled after the fatal collision and had not been arrested.