School Bus Driver Involved in Fatal Brooklyn E-Bike Crash
A 32-year-old e-bike rider died after a crash with a school bus driver at Eastern Parkway and Saint Marks Avenue in Brooklyn, a collision recorded by the city as involving failure to yield and reported as New York City's first cyclist death of 2022.
What We Know
A 32-year-old woman riding an e-bike died after a collision with a school bus driver at Eastern Parkway and Saint Marks Avenue in Brooklyn on Feb. 4, 2022. The city record lists an e-bike and a bus, one person killed, and failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. The Daily News reported that police said the crash happened near St. Marks Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brownsville, that medics took the rider to Brookdale Hospital, and that she became New York City's first cyclist fatality of 2022. The article reported that the 48-year-old school bus driver stayed at the scene and was not immediately facing charges. The sources disagree on the time: the city record gives 11:00 a.m., while the Daily News reported about 11:20 a.m.
What happened
The city record says the fatal collision happened at 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 4, 2022, at Eastern Parkway and Saint Marks Avenue and involved an e-bike rider and a bus driver. The Daily News reported a different time, about 11:20 a.m., and said police described the crash as involving a 32-year-old cyclist and a yellow school bus near the same intersection.
First responders found the rider on the pavement with trauma to her body, according to the Daily News. Medics took her to Brookdale Hospital, where she died.
Eastern Parkway and Saint Marks Avenue
The official record places the crash at Eastern Parkway and Saint Marks Avenue in Brooklyn. The Daily News described the location as near the intersection of St. Marks Avenue and Eastern Parkway in Brownsville.
The rider and the bus driver
The city record identifies the person killed as a 32-year-old female e-bike rider. The Daily News reported that her name was being withheld while her family was notified.
The Daily News reported that the school bus driver was a 48-year-old man who stayed at the scene. Police said he was not immediately facing charges, according to the article.
Failure to yield was recorded as a factor
The city crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor for the collision. In the vehicle entry for the e-bike, the record also lists improper passing or lane usage. The public record does not include a final legal finding.
The Daily News reported that the school bus driver was not immediately facing charges.
A first cyclist death early in the year
The Daily News reported that the rider was New York City's first cycling fatality of 2022. The article also said 19 people had died in crashes across the five boroughs so far that year, after 268 traffic deaths in 2021.