Bronx Scooter Rider Killed as Box-Truck Driver Turned
A Hino box-truck driver was turning left as 32-year-old scooter rider Wayne Vega rode east, police told 1010 WINS; the official record reports one fatality and places the collision at Food Center Drive and Avenue F in the Bronx at 6:11 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2022.
Approximate reported location.
What We Know
A driver in a Hino box truck was turning left as Wayne Vega, 32, rode east on a Dualtron Ultra scooter, police told 1010 WINS. The official record places the crash at Food Center Drive and Avenue F in the Bronx at 6:11 a.m. on Feb. 28, 2022, and records one death. It identifies the truck as a 2016 Hino box truck and lists an obstructed or limited view as a contributing factor for the truck. 1010 WINS reported that Vega, an East Harlem resident, was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln and pronounced dead there; police said the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
Police described a collision during a left turn.
Police told 1010 WINS that the collision happened as Wayne Vega rode east on a Dualtron Ultra scooter and a driver in a Hino box truck turned left onto the westbound side of Food Center Drive.
The official record lists the truck's pre-crash movement as making a left turn and its direction as west; it lists the scooter's direction as east and movement as going straight ahead.
Food Center Drive and Avenue F.
The official record places the collision at Food Center Drive and Avenue F in the Bronx. 1010 WINS reported that police responded near Baldor Specialty Foods in the Hunts Point section at about 6:11 a.m.
Wayne Vega.
1010 WINS reported that police identified Vega as a 32-year-old man from East Harlem.
Vega was taken to Lincoln Hospital.
1010 WINS reported that Vega was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Lincoln and pronounced dead there. The outlet said the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.