Bronx driver hits e-scooter rider in fatal crash
A 23-year-old driver in a Honda traveling south on Grand Concourse hit an e-scooter rider traveling west on East 149th Street at 11:15 a.m. on November 12, 2022; reports said the rider died.
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What We Know
Police told the New York Post that a 23-year-old man driving south on Grand Concourse hit a man riding an e-scooter west on East 149th Street. The city's crash record gives the time as 11:15 a.m. on November 12, 2022, and counts one person killed and one injured. Reports said the rider was thrown from the scooter and pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital; the driver was taken to Harlem Hospital with minor injuries. The New York Post identified the Honda as a 2016 CR-V, while amNewYork described it as a Honda SUV. The Post said the driver remained at the scene, and amNewYork reported on November 13 that the investigation was ongoing and no arrests had been made.
Police described the drivers' paths before the collision.
Police told the New York Post that a 23-year-old man driving south on Grand Concourse hit a man riding an e-scooter west on East 149th Street. The city's crash record places the collision at 11:15 a.m. on November 12, 2022, and counts one person killed and one injured.
Reports said the rider was thrown from the scooter and suffered severe head injuries.
The collision happened at a Bronx crossroads.
The crash was at Grand Concourse and East 149th Street in the Bronx. amNewYork placed the intersection in Mott Haven.
The rider died after being taken to Lincoln Hospital.
The official fatal-person record lists the e-scooter rider as a 44-year-old man. The New York Post and amNewYork described him as being in his 40s; amNewYork said police had not released his identity as of November 13.
The rider was taken to Lincoln Hospital and pronounced dead there, according to the New York Post and amNewYork. The 23-year-old Honda driver remained at the scene and was taken to Harlem Hospital with minor injuries, the Post reported.
Reports use different descriptions for the Honda.
The New York Post identified it as a 2016 Honda CR-V; amNewYork described it as a Honda SUV. The city record lists a 2016 Honda in its Station Wagon/Sport Utility Vehicle category and identifies the e-scooter as a Nanrobot.
The investigation was still ongoing the next day.
The New York Post reported that the NYPD's Highway Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. On November 13, amNewYork reported that the investigation remained ongoing and no arrests had been made.