Maspeth man dies after fall near Borden Avenue.
Hamdan Almatare, 46, fell while riding near Borden Avenue and died at Elmhurst Hospital, police told QNS; the crash record places the fatal collision on Hamilton Place in Maspeth at 11:02 p.m. Jan. 2, 2023.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts say Almatare was riding north on Hamilton Place before he fell near Borden Avenue, but reports differ on whether investigators described a loss of control or a fall for unexplained reasons. News accounts call his ride an electric scooter; the official record lists a TAILG e-bike and a separate 2001 Nissan station wagon/SUV with a male driver, whose involvement the articles do not describe.
Reports differ on what preceded the fall.
QNS reported that police said Almatare was riding north on Hamilton Place and fell near Borden Avenue for unknown reasons. A separate QNS report says investigators determined he lost control before falling; both accounts describe the investigation as ongoing.
Officers found Almatare lying in the roadway with trauma to his body. QNS reported that EMS took him to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash was on Hamilton Place near Borden Avenue.
The crash record places the collision on Hamilton Place at 11:02 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2023. QNS located the fall near Borden Avenue in Maspeth and reported that Almatare had been riding north over the Long Island Expressway.
Almatare lived nearby.
QNS identified Almatare as a 46-year-old Maspeth resident of 65th Place and reported that the fall happened blocks from his home.
The vehicle descriptions do not establish a complete sequence.
News accounts describe Almatare's ride as an electric scooter, while the official record links him to a TAILG e-bike entry. The record also lists a 2001 Nissan station wagon/SUV with a male driver traveling north and going straight ahead. The reviewed articles do not describe that driver's involvement or how the recorded vehicles were involved in the fall.