Rider Dies After Belmont Collision With Parked Honda
A 29-year-old moped driver died in a March 24, 2022, crash near Southern Boulevard and Crotona Avenue in the Bronx; Norwood News reported that police said he collided with a parked 2020 Honda Accord.
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What We Know
Jorge Abril, 29, died after a collision near Southern Boulevard and Crotona Avenue in the Bronx on March 24, 2022. The official record lists the crash at 10:34 p.m. and records one death. Norwood News reported that police responded at about 10:32 p.m. to a call about an unconscious man, and that investigators determined a gas-powered scooter driver had collided with an unattended 2020 Honda Accord just north of Crotona Avenue. The driver was thrown onto the roadway. The official record calls Abril's vehicle a 2021 Transpro moped and the other vehicle a sedan; Norwood News describes a gas-powered scooter and a Honda Accord. EMS took Abril to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, the article reported.
Investigators described a collision just north of Crotona Avenue.
Norwood News reported that police responded at about 10:32 p.m. on March 24, 2022, after a 911 call about an unconscious man on Southern Boulevard near Crotona Avenue. The article says NYPD collision investigators determined that a gas-powered scooter driver traveling along the boulevard collided with a parked, unattended 2020 Honda Accord just north of Crotona Avenue; the driver was thrown onto the roadway.
EMS transported Abril to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to Norwood News. The official record gives the crash time as 10:34 p.m. and lists one person killed and no injuries.
The report names Jorge Abril.
Norwood News identified the man as Jorge Abril, 29, of Prospect Avenue in Belmont.
Accounts describe the vehicles differently.
The official record lists the man who died as the driver of a 2021 Transpro moped and lists the other vehicle as a 2020 sedan. Norwood News describes his vehicle as a gas-powered scooter and identifies the parked vehicle as a 2020 Honda Accord.
Where
SOUTHERN BOULEVARD and CROTONA AVENUE