Bus Driver Hits and Kills Bike Rider at Queens Intersection
At 10:39 a.m. on May 28, 2022, a southbound Q85 bus driver hit an eastbound 35-year-old bike rider at 128th Avenue and 238th Street in Queens; the Daily News reported that authorities said the rider died on impact.
What We Know
A 35-year-old bike rider was killed on May 28, 2022, at 128th Avenue and 238th Street in Queens. City records list the crash at 10:39 a.m. and record a bus and a bike moving through the intersection, with the bus southbound and the bike eastbound. The Post reported that police identified the bus as the Q85 and said the driver remained at the scene. The Daily News reported that authorities said the rider died on impact. Press accounts described the bike as motorized or gasoline-powered, while the city crash record lists it as a bike.
A morning crash at 128th Avenue and 238th Street
City records show that one person, a 35-year-old male bicyclist, was killed in the crash at 10:39 a.m. on May 28, 2022. The record lists a bus and a bike, with the bus recorded southbound and the bike recorded eastbound before the crash.
The Post reported that police said the rider was operating a motorized bike eastbound on 128th Avenue when a Q85 bus driver, southbound on 238th Street, hit him.
The intersection sits on a Queens street with repeated crashes
The crash was recorded at 128 Avenue and 238 Street in Queens. The Daily News described the corner as near the Belt Parkway in Rosedale.
CrashCountNYC Crash Finder counts for 238th Street in Queens show 19 crashes, 11 injuries and 1 death since 2022.
The rider and the driver
The city crash record identifies the person killed as a 35-year-old male bicyclist. The Post and Daily News described him as an adult man riding a motorized or gasoline-powered bike.
The Post reported that police said the bus driver remained at the scene and that the matter was under investigation.
Records and news accounts differ on the bike description
City data lists the vehicles as a 2022 bus and a bike. The same record says the bus had one occupant and a licensed male driver, and lists both road users as going straight before the crash.
The Post called the bike motorized, while the Daily News described it as gasoline-powered. The official record uses the category bike.
Witnesses described a blocked view and a downhill approach
The Daily News quoted an eyewitness who said the rider appeared to be looking around a van that partially blocked his view of oncoming traffic before the crash.
A neighborhood resident told the Daily News that the stretch of 238th Street runs downhill and that drivers tend to pick up speed there. Those accounts describe reported conditions and observations, not an official finding of fault.
Investigation and neighborhood reaction followed the death
Acting MTA President Frank Anicarro called the death a tragic accident and said the MTA was cooperating with the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad, the Daily News reported.
Residents told the Daily News the rider was a local man often seen biking in the area, and one neighbor described seeing the victim in the street after hearing the collision.