Rider dies after Sunset Park crash involving a Jeep driver.
A Jeep driver heading east on 52nd Street and rider Nicholas Sanchez traveling south on Fourth Avenue were involved in a collision at the intersection in Brooklyn at 2:44 a.m. on June 3, 2023; the official record lists one person killed and one injured.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts say Sanchez was riding south on Fourth Avenue when he collided with a Jeep whose driver was traveling east on 52nd Street. The Daily News reported that Sanchez, 21, and his 22-year-old passenger were thrown from the two-wheeler and taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where Sanchez died. The official vehicle-level record identifies the vehicle linked to the killed driver as a moped, while both news reports call Sanchez's vehicle a motorcycle.
Police accounts describe the collision.
The official record places the collision at Fourth Avenue and 52nd Street at 2:44 a.m. on June 3, 2023, and lists one person killed and one injured. News accounts citing police say Sanchez was traveling south on Fourth Avenue when he collided with a Jeep whose driver was heading east on 52nd Street; both Sanchez and his passenger were thrown from the two-wheeler.
The collision-level record lists a motorcycle, while the vehicle-level entry linked to the killed driver identifies a 2022 ZNEN moped. Both news reports describe Sanchez's vehicle as a motorcycle.
Sanchez lived in Williamsburg.
Police accounts reported by the Daily News and El Diario identify the rider as Nicholas Sanchez, 21, and say he lived in Williamsburg. His passenger was a 22-year-old friend.
The Daily News reported that EMS took both men to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where Sanchez died; his passenger had minor injuries and was in stable condition.
The Jeep driver remained at the scene.
The 44-year-old Jeep driver was uninjured and remained at the scene, according to both news reports. They said police were investigating and no charges had been filed at the time.
Where
4 AVENUE and 52 STREET