Police say pickup driver fled after fatal Bronx e-bike crash.
Police said a pickup driver fled north after hitting 64-year-old e-bike rider Hua Pan at Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue; the official record lists one person killed in the April 5, 2023, crash at 11:22 p.m.
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What We Know
According to the NYPD account reported by Norwood News, Hua Pan rode east on Pierce Avenue across Williamsbridge Road with a green signal as a driver traveled north on Williamsbridge Road at high speed and entered the intersection against a steady red. The driver hit Pan, who was thrown onto the roadway, then continued north without stopping. The official record lists unsafe speed and disregard of traffic controls as contributing factors for the pickup. The official record and Norwood News report the crash at 11:22 p.m. on April 5, 2023; CBS News reported about 10:30 p.m.
Police described a driver entering against a red signal.
According to the NYPD account reported by Norwood News, a driver traveled north on Williamsbridge Road at high speed and entered the Pierce Avenue intersection against a steady red signal. Hua Pan was riding east on Pierce Avenue across Williamsbridge Road with a green signal. The driver hit Pan, who was thrown onto the roadway, and continued north without stopping.
The official record lists unsafe speed and disregard of traffic controls as contributing factors for the pickup.
Norwood News identified Hua Pan as a 64-year-old cyclist.
Norwood News identified the man as Hua Pan, 64, and described him as from Pierce Avenue in Morris Park. The outlet reported that police found him on the roadway with head trauma and took him to Jacobi Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The crash happened at Williamsbridge Road and Pierce Avenue.
The official record places the crash at the Bronx intersection at 11:22 p.m. on April 5, 2023. Norwood News also reported 11:22 p.m. in its police account and located the intersection in Morris Park; CBS News reported that the crash happened around 10:30 p.m.
Reports differed over the truck's description.
Police descriptions published by CBS News and Norwood News called the vehicle a white pickup. Norwood News reported that police did not know its make, model or year; the official crash record lists a 2021 GMC pickup among the vehicles involved. Norwood News also relayed a Citizens' App user's allegation that the vehicle was a white tow truck and that police pursued it.
The official record also lists Pan's e-bike and a parked, unoccupied 2012 Honda sedan among the vehicles involved.