Woman riding scooter dies on Henry Hudson Parkway
A 48-year-old woman riding a motorscooter died and a motorcycle rider was injured on the Henry Hudson Parkway, where police said she lost control near West 104th Street and was thrown into his path.
What We Know
The crash happened about 9:50 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2022, on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan. The city's crash record lists one motorist killed, one motorist injured, a motorscooter and a motorcycle, and unsafe speed as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News the 48-year-old woman was riding a gas-powered scooter uptown near West 104th Street when she lost control, hit the center divider, and the impact sent her into the path of a 25-year-old man riding a 2020 Kawasaki motorcycle in a downtown lane. She was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and died; the motorcycle rider was taken there in stable condition. Police also said she was not wearing a helmet.
Police said the rider lost control near West 104th Street
The city crash record places the crash at about 9:50 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2022. Police told the Daily News the 48-year-old woman was riding a gas-powered scooter uptown when she lost control near West 104th Street, hit the center divider, and the impact sent her into the path of a man riding a motorcycle in a downtown lane.
A nighttime crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway
The official record lists the crash on the Henry Hudson Parkway in Manhattan. The Daily News, citing police, reported that it happened near West 104th Street.
One rider died; another was hospitalized
The official record identifies the person killed as a 48-year-old female driver of the motorscooter. The Daily News reported that she was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside and died there, and that a 25-year-old motorcycle rider was taken to the same hospital in stable condition.
The city record cited unsafe speed
The city crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. In the motorscooter entry, the record also lists illegal drugs as a factor, and records the rider as unlicensed. Police also told the Daily News that the woman who died was not wearing a helmet.