An MTA bus driver struck an eastbound bicyclist in a fatal Queens crash.
An MTA bus driver traveling south on 238th Street struck an eastbound bicyclist at 128th Avenue in Queens at 10:39 a.m. on May 28, 2022, killing one person, according to the city crash record and preliminary police reporting.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Preliminary police reporting placed the bus driver southbound on 238th Street and the bicyclist eastbound on 128th Avenue. The city record lists one cyclist killed and classifies the vehicles as a bus and a bike. Reports described the bike as gasoline-powered, motorized, or an e-bike, leaving its subtype unsettled in the available accounts. The driver remained at the scene, and QNS reported that the MTA withheld him from service pending investigations.
Police accounts describe crossing paths.
ABC7 attributed to a preliminary police investigation that the bus driver was traveling south on 238th Street as the bicyclist traveled east on 128th Avenue. The city crash record lists one cyclist killed and records the crash at 10:39 a.m. on May 28, 2022.
The official record classifies the rider’s vehicle as a bike. The Daily News described it as gasoline-powered; QNS called it an e-bike in its headline and a motorized bicycle in its report. ABC7 said video appeared to show a motor attached to the bike, so the sources do not establish one subtype.
A Daily News eyewitness said a van partially blocked the rider’s view as he approached the intersection. The article presented this as the eyewitness’s account, not as a police finding.
Reports place the intersection near the Belt Parkway.
The crash happened at 128th Avenue and 238th Street in Queens. QNS placed the intersection one block west of the Belt Parkway. ABC7 and QNS described the area as Laurelton, while the Daily News called it Rosedale.
Neighbors remembered a familiar local rider.
The official record lists the person killed as a 35-year-old male bicyclist. Neighborhood residents told the Daily News that he was a local man often seen biking in the area. Resident Even-Pierre Louis said, “He rides around here often.”
ABC7 described the bus driver as a 59-year-old man.
The driver stayed as investigations began.
QNS reported that the driver remained at the scene and cooperated with police. The MTA withheld him from service pending NYPD and internal investigations. Acting MTA Bus Company president Frank Annicaro said the agency was cooperating with the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad.