Scooter rider fatally injures 86-year-old pedestrian in East Harlem.
A 35-year-old woman riding a motorized stand-up scooter struck Mehri Hekmati, 86, at Third Avenue and East 104th Street; the official record dates the crash to April 1, 2022, at 4:50 p.m. and records one pedestrian killed, while El Diario reported Hekmati died the next evening.
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What We Know
El Diario reported that a 35-year-old woman riding a motorized stand-up scooter was traveling against traffic on East 104th Street when she struck Hekmati as she crossed Third Avenue. The report said the rider stopped to help. The official record lists westward travel; El Diario said surveillance video showed the rider traveling against traffic on the eastbound one-way street. Hekmati was taken to Metropolitan Hospital, transferred to Bellevue, and died there Saturday night, according to El Diario.
The rider stopped after the collision
El Diario reported that Hekmati was crossing Third Avenue when a 35-year-old woman riding a scooter came down East 104th Street and struck her. Citing surveillance video, the article said the rider was traveling against traffic on the eastbound one-way street; the official record lists the scooter's direction as west. El Diario reported that the rider stopped and tried to help.
Third Avenue and East 104th Street
The official record places the April 1, 2022, collision at about 4:50 p.m. at Third Avenue and East 104th Street in Manhattan. El Diario described the location as a pedestrian crossing in East Harlem.
The sources describe the scooter differently
El Diario described the rider's vehicle as a motorized stand-up scooter. The official record classifies the vehicle as an e-scooter.
Hekmati was taken to two hospitals
El Diario reported that Hekmati, 86, lived on the Upper East Side. Police said she suffered a severe head injury when she fell, the article reported. She was taken to Metropolitan Hospital and transferred to Bellevue, where she died Saturday night, according to El Diario.
Police were still investigating
At the time El Diario published its report, police were continuing to investigate and the rider had not been charged.