SUV Driver Hit E-Bike Rider at Bronx Corner; Woman Died
At 11:37 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2022, official records show a southbound SUV driver making a right turn hit a westbound e-bike rider at East 188th Street and Park Avenue; police told the Daily News the 67-year-old woman died the next day at St. Barnabas Hospital.
What We Know
A 67-year-old woman riding an e-bike was fatally injured at East 188th Street and Park Avenue in the Bronx on Sept. 23, 2022. The official crash record lists a southbound SUV driver making a right turn and a westbound e-bike rider going straight, with failure to yield right-of-way recorded as a contributing factor. Police told the Daily News that a 63-year-old man driving a Ford Escape was turning from E. 188th Street onto Park Avenue when he hit the rider, who had been traveling along the sidewalk before entering the crosswalk. Medics took her to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died the next day. Police said the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged.
A right turn at East 188th Street
The official record says the crash happened at 11:37 a.m. on Sept. 23, 2022, at East 188th Street and Park Avenue. It lists a southbound SUV driver making a right turn and a westbound e-bike rider going straight.
Police told the Daily News that the 63-year-old Ford Escape driver was turning from E. 188th Street onto Park Avenue when he hit the 67-year-old rider. Police said she had been traveling along the sidewalk before entering the crosswalk.
A Belmont corner on the Park Avenue corridor
The crash happened at East 188th Street and Park Avenue in Belmont in the Bronx.
CrashCountNYC's corridor context for Park Avenue in the Bronx counted 614 crashes, 336 injuries, 25 serious injuries and 5 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
The rider died after being taken to the hospital
The official record identifies the person killed as a 67-year-old female e-bike driver. Police told the Daily News that medics rushed her to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she died the next day.
The Daily News reported that police did not immediately release her name while they worked to notify family members.
Failure to yield was recorded
The official crash record lists failure to yield right-of-way as a contributing factor. The same record lists the SUV driver as making a right turn and the e-bike rider as going straight.
Police told the Daily News that the driver remained at the scene and had not been charged.