Motorcyclist dies after Queens red-light crash, police say
A 31-year-old motorcycle driver was killed at Atlantic Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Queens on Sept. 10, 2022, after police said Francisco Santiago ran a red light and hit a driver in a Subaru making a left turn.
What We Know
Francisco Santiago, 31, was riding west on Atlantic Avenue in Richmond Hill on the morning of Sept. 10, 2022, when police said he disobeyed a red light at Lefferts Boulevard and hit a driver in a Subaru making a left turn. The city crash record lists one person killed, a male motorcycle driver, and no one else injured. Published police accounts said Santiago was ejected, suffered multiple injuries, and was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital. The other driver, a 30-year-old woman, stayed at the scene and was not charged, according to the Daily News.
A Saturday morning collision at Atlantic and Lefferts
The city crash record gives the time as 7:41 a.m. on Sept. 10, 2022. Published police accounts placed the collision at about 7:40 a.m. at Atlantic Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill.
Police said Francisco Santiago was riding west on Atlantic Avenue when he disobeyed a red light and hit a driver on Lefferts Boulevard. The Daily News reported that the other driver was a 30-year-old woman in a 2016 Subaru Impreza making a left onto Lefferts Boulevard.
The crash happened on a heavily traveled Queens corridor
The crash location was Atlantic Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in Queens, on the Lefferts Boulevard corridor.
CrashCountNYC location data for Lefferts Boulevard in Queens counted 709 crashes, 532 injuries, 26 serious injuries and 4 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Santiago was returning from work, his mother said
The Post identified the motorcyclist as Francisco Santiago, 31, of Williamsburg. Police said he was wearing a helmet, was ejected, and suffered multiple body trauma.
The Daily News reported that Santiago was coming home from an overnight shift for a private sanitation company, according to his mother, and that he was survived by two sisters.
No one else was reported injured
Medics took Santiago to Jamaica Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The city crash record and published police accounts reported no other injuries.
The driver in the Subaru stayed at the scene. The Daily News reported that she had not been charged, and the Post reported that police suspected no criminality.
Police cited the red light; the city record cited driver inexperience
Police told reporters that Santiago disobeyed a red light before the crash. The city crash record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor for the motorcycle driver.