E-bike rider dies after fall on Belt Parkway exit ramp
George Attias, 91, was riding east on the Belt Parkway exit ramp toward Plumb Beach when police said he hit a curb and fell; the official record lists the crash at 6:55 p.m. on March 7, 2023, and records one cyclist killed.
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What We Know
Police said George Attias, 91, of Brighton Beach, was riding east on the Belt Parkway exit ramp toward Plumb Beach when he hit a curb and fell. First responders found him unconscious with a head injury, according to 1010 WINS. Police said he died the following day at NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn. The official record lists the crash at 6:55 p.m. on March 7, 2023, and records one cyclist killed.
Police described a curbside fall on the ramp.
Police told 1010 WINS they believed Attias struck a curb while riding east on the ramp and was ejected onto the roadway. Brooklyn Paper, also attributing its account to police, reported that he hit the curb and fell.
The official record lists the crash at 6:55 p.m. on March 7, 2023, on the Belt Parkway and records one cyclist killed.
Attias died the following day.
Police identified the rider as George Attias, 91, of Brighton Beach. 1010 WINS reported that first responders found him unconscious with a head injury. Police accounts reported by 1010 WINS and Brooklyn Paper said he was taken to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn, where he died the following day.
The NYPD investigated the crash.
Brooklyn Paper reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
Where
BELT PARKWAY