Four-year-old boy dies after Bronx scooter crash.
Mario Rosario Sr. was riding a motorized scooter with his four-year-old son when he and the driver of a Toyota sedan were involved in a collision at Bailey Avenue and West 193rd Street in the Bronx at 9:22 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2022; the official record lists one person killed, and news reports say the boy later died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
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What We Know
Mario Rosario Sr. was riding south on a motorized scooter with his four-year-old son when he and the driver of a Toyota sedan were involved in a collision at Bailey Avenue and West 193rd Street. Reports differed on the approach: police accounts described Rosario trying to pass as the sedan driver turned left, while WABC reported both drivers were turning; the official record lists the scooter going straight and the sedan turning left. News reports say the boy later died at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Accounts differ on the approach to the turn.
The Daily News and Gothamist attributed to police an account that Rosario was heading south and trying to pass as the sedan driver turned left onto West 193rd Street. WABC instead reported that both drivers were turning onto West 193rd Street. The official record lists the scooter as going straight and the sedan as making a left turn.
The Daily News and Gothamist reported that the father and son fell to the ground after the collision. Reports said the boy suffered severe head injuries and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he later died.
The child was riding with his father.
Police identified the child as Mario Rosario Jr., 4, and his father as Mario Rosario Sr., 24. Gothamist reported that the father suffered minor injuries. News reports said the child was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital with severe head injuries and died there.
The official record and a police account differ.
The official record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor for the scooter driver, Mario Rosario Sr., and improper turning and driver inattention or distraction for the sedan driver. NY1 reported that police did not believe the sedan driver was at fault.
Reports described charges against both adult drivers.
Gothamist reported that police arrested Rosario Sr. and charged him with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of stolen property. Police said the scooter was stolen; WABC reported that investigators had not established whether Rosario was involved in the theft.
Most reports identified the sedan driver as William Baez, while NY1 identified him as William Zaev. Reports gave his age as either 51 or 52. They also described his charge differently: Gothamist reported driving without a license, the New York Post reported aggravated unlicensed operation, Patch reported aggravated unlicensed driving, and WABC described a charge of driving with a suspended license. WABC and NY1 reported that he stayed at the scene.
Where
BAILEY AVENUE and WEST 193 STREET