Scooter Rider Dies After Hitting Parked SUV in Wakefield
A 63-year-old man riding a gas-powered scooter died after he hit the back of a parked SUV on Richardson Avenue near East 241st Street in Wakefield, according to police and city crash data.
What We Know
A 63-year-old man riding a gas-powered scooter died after a late-night crash on Richardson Avenue in the Bronx on March 14, 2022. Police told the Daily News that the rider was traveling in Wakefield when he hit the back of a parked Mitsubishi Outlander near East 241st Street. Witnesses told police the man was thrown from the scooter, and medics took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died. City crash data records one motorist killed and no other injuries; it lists the rider as the motorbike driver and sole occupant.
A late-night ride ended at a parked SUV
The crash was recorded at about 10:06 p.m. on March 14, 2022, on Richardson Avenue in the Bronx. Police told the Daily News that a 63-year-old man riding a gas-powered scooter hit the back of a parked Mitsubishi Outlander near East 241st Street in Wakefield.
Witnesses told police the rider was thrown from the scooter and landed in the street. Medics took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he died.
Richardson Avenue in Wakefield
The city crash record places the collision on Richardson Avenue. The Daily News, citing police, located it near East 241st Street in Wakefield.
The rider was the only person killed
City crash data lists the person killed as a 63-year-old male motorbike driver and the only occupant of the motorbike. The official record lists no other injuries.
The Daily News reported that police had not immediately released the rider’s name.
Records describe a motorbike and a parked SUV
City crash data lists the rider’s motorbike as traveling north and going straight ahead before impact. The same record lists the SUV as parked and unoccupied.
The Daily News described the parked SUV as a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander; the city vehicle record lists a 2018 Mitsubishi SUV.