Driver was turning in fatal Staten Island motorcycle crash
Police told 1010 WINS that an 18-year-old driver turning left collided with a 25-year-old motorcyclist at Hylan Boulevard and Nelson Avenue on Staten Island; the city record dates the crash to 11:21 p.m. Jan. 5 and lists one person killed.
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What We Know
Police told 1010 WINS that an 18-year-old driver was turning left from southbound Hylan Boulevard onto Nelson Avenue when the driver's Dodge collided with a northbound motorcyclist. The city record logs the crash at 11:21 p.m. on Jan. 5 and lists the sedan's travel direction as east. The record calls it a sedan; 1010 WINS describes the Dodge as a pickup truck in its headline and opening, then as a Dodge Charger in its collision account. The article reports that EMS took the 25-year-old rider to Staten Island University Hospital's north campus, where he was pronounced dead.
The accounts differ on the driver's approach
The city record places the crash at 11:21 p.m. on Jan. 5, 2023, at Hylan Boulevard and Nelson Avenue on Staten Island, and records one person killed.
The record lists the sedan's travel direction as east and its pre-crash movement as a left turn; it lists the motorcycle traveling north and going straight.
1010 WINS attributed a different account to police: the motorcyclist was traveling north while a southbound Dodge driver turned left onto Nelson Avenue to head east. The article says the collision occurred around 11:22 p.m.
Reports describe the Dodge differently
The city record identifies a 2015 Dodge sedan and a 2021 Kawasaki motorcycle. 1010 WINS describes the Dodge as a pickup truck in its headline and opening, then calls it a Dodge Charger in its account of the collision. The sources differ on the Dodge's subtype.
The motorcyclist was taken to a hospital
1010 WINS reported that officers found the 25-year-old motorcyclist with body trauma and that EMS took him to Staten Island University Hospital's north campus, where he was pronounced dead.
The article said the 18-year-old driver remained at the scene and was not injured. As of the Jan. 6 report, police had made no arrests and the investigation was ongoing.
Where
HYLAN BOULEVARD and NELSON AVENUE