Moped Rider Killed on Major Deegan in Mott Haven
A 28-year-old rider died July 7, 2022, on the Major Deegan Expressway after police said he lost control near Exit 2B in Mott Haven and hit a tractor trailer.
What We Know
A 28-year-old rider was killed on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx on July 7, 2022. The city crash record lists a moped and a diesel tractor truck, both traveling north, and records Traffic Control Disregarded for the moped driver. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the rider lost control near Exit 2B in Mott Haven and hit a tractor trailer whose 60-year-old driver was traveling in the same direction. The rider was taken to Lincoln Hospital, where he died. The tractor-trailer driver stayed at the scene and was not immediately facing charges, the paper reported.
Police said the rider lost control near Exit 2B
The Daily News, citing police, reported that the 28-year-old rider was traveling north on the Major Deegan Expressway just before Exit 2B in Mott Haven at about 7:25 p.m. when he lost control and hit a tractor trailer traveling in the same direction.
The city crash record lists the crash at 7:27 p.m. on July 7, 2022, on the Major Deegan Expressway. It records one person killed and no other injuries.
The rider died at Lincoln Hospital
The city record identifies the person killed as a 28-year-old male driver. The Daily News reported that emergency responders took him to Lincoln Hospital, where he died, and that his name had not been released at the time of publication.
The Daily News reported that the 60-year-old tractor-trailer driver stayed at the scene and was not immediately facing charges.
Records differ on how the rider’s vehicle was described
The city crash record lists the rider’s vehicle as a 2021 Lance AE Series moped and the other vehicle as a 1999 diesel tractor truck. The Daily News story described the person killed as a motorcyclist, while its scene description referred to a motor scooter and a tractor trailer.
Both drivers were recorded as traveling north before the crash. The city record says the moped driver was going straight ahead, and it lists front-end damage to the moped and no damage to the tractor truck.
The city record cites a traffic-control violation
The city crash record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor for the moped driver. The Daily News account, citing police, said the rider lost control before the impact.
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Major Deegan Expy