Driver Hits and Kills E-Bike Rider in Bronxwood Avenue Crash
A 30-year-old driver hit and killed 43-year-old e-bike rider Wenntwen Porgho while turning at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road, according to police and city records.
What We Know
On July 20, 2022, a driver in a sedan was making a left turn at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road as Wenntwen Porgho rode an e-bike north on Bronxwood Avenue. amNY, citing NYPD, reported that the 30-year-old driver hit Porgho, 43, and stayed at the scene. Police found Porgho unconscious and unresponsive in the roadway, and paramedics took him to NYC Health+Hospitals Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead. The city crash record lists one death, no other reported injuries, a sedan and an e-bike, and a cyclist killed.
A left-turn crash on Bronxwood Avenue
City records place the crash at 10:04 p.m. on July 20, 2022, at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road. They describe the sedan driver as traveling southeast and making a left turn, while the e-bike rider was traveling north and going straight ahead.
amNY, citing police, reported the time as 10:05 p.m. and said the driver was heading south on Bronxwood Avenue when he made a left turn and hit the bicyclist riding north. The article rendered the turn destination as Williamsburg Bridge Road, while the official record lists Williamsbridge Road.
Wenntwen Porgho died after the crash
Police identified the rider as Wenntwen Porgho, a 43-year-old Bronx man. The official record lists the person killed as a 43-year-old male bicyclist who was operating an e-bike.
Police found Porgho lying in the roadway with severe injuries, unconscious and unresponsive, amNY reported. Paramedics took him to NYC Health+Hospitals Jacobi, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver stayed at the scene
amNY reported that the 30-year-old male driver stayed at the scene and that police did not make an arrest.
What the records say about contributing factors
The city crash record’s named contributing factor was pedestrian, bicyclist, or other pedestrian error or confusion. The article in this package did not report a summons, arrest, or charge.
Williamsbridge Road has a recent record of serious harm
City records locate the crash at Bronxwood Avenue and Williamsbridge Road in the Bronx.
CrashCountNYC’s Crash Finder counts 359 crashes, 250 injuries, 10 serious injuries and 2 deaths on the Williamsbridge Road corridor in the Bronx from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.