A driver fatally struck an e-scooter rider in Bensonhurst.
A 23-year-old driver in a Kia struck Qiu Rifeng as he crossed 18th Avenue on an electric scooter at 74th Street in Bensonhurst on August 20, 2022; the official record counts one death, and news reports say Rifeng later died at Maimonides Medical Center.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts reported by the Daily News and amNewYork say Qiu Rifeng was crossing 18th Avenue on a Hover-1 Journey scooter when a southbound Kia driver struck him. The Daily News identified the vehicle as a 2022 Kia K5; amNewYork called it a Kia sedan, while the official record classifies it as a sedan. The news reports identified Rifeng as 22; the official record lists the person killed as 21. The official record gives the crash time as 12:30 p.m., while both articles report about 12:50 p.m. News reports say Rifeng suffered severe head injuries and died at Maimonides Medical Center.
Police accounts describe a crossing at 18th Avenue.
Police accounts reported by the Daily News and amNewYork say Qiu Rifeng was riding a Hover-1 Journey electric scooter from the sidewalk on 74th Street and attempted to cross 18th Avenue when a southbound driver struck him. The Daily News identified the vehicle as a 2022 Kia K5; amNewYork described it as a Kia sedan, and the official record classifies it as a sedan.
The official record places the crash at 12:30 p.m. on August 20, 2022. The Daily News and amNewYork report that it happened at about 12:50 p.m.
Reports differ on Rifeng's age.
The Daily News and amNewYork identified Qiu Rifeng as 22. The official record lists the person killed in the crash as 21.
News reports say Rifeng suffered severe head injuries and was taken by paramedics to Maimonides Medical Center, where he died.
The intersection has no marked crossing across 18th Avenue.
The official record places the crash at 18th Avenue and 74th Street in Brooklyn. amNewYork reported that the Bensonhurst intersection has no marked crosswalk across 18th Avenue and that marked crossings are one block north or south.
The driver remained at the scene.
The Daily News reported that the 23-year-old driver remained at the scene and faced no immediate charges. AmNewYork reported that police had made no arrests as of its August 21 article.