Bronx motorcyclist dies after collision with an elevated subway pillar.
Timothy Lopez, 33, was riding south on White Plains Road when police said he collided with an elevated subway pillar at East 217th Street around 11:09 p.m. on June 16, 2023; the official record lists one motorist killed.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police said Lopez was traveling south on a 2017 Honda motorcycle when he collided with an elevated subway pillar at East 217th Street and was ejected onto the roadway. El Diario reported that his uncle said Lopez had collided with another vehicle moments earlier, sending the motorcycle toward the support column. The official record places the crash at 11:09 p.m. on June 16, 2023, at White Plains Road and East 217th Street and records one motorist killed.
Police described the pillar impact.
Police told Norwood News that Lopez was traveling south on White Plains Road when he collided with an elevated subway pillar at East 217th Street and was ejected onto the roadway.
El Diario reported that Lopez's uncle, Félix López, said Lopez had collided with another vehicle moments earlier, causing the motorcycle to veer toward the steel support column.
The crash happened in Olinville.
The official record places the crash at White Plains Road and East 217th Street in the Bronx. Norwood News identifies the area as Olinville and reports that police described a collision with a pillar supporting the elevated subway.
Reports identify a 2017 Honda motorcycle.
Norwood News described the motorcycle as a 2017 Honda. El Diario identified it more specifically as a 2017 Honda CB300R.
Lopez worked as a motorcycle mechanic.
Norwood News identified Lopez as a 33-year-old Bronx resident. El Diario reported, citing his uncle, that Lopez worked as a motorcycle mechanic and lived with his mother. His uncle Félix López described him as a good young man.
El Diario reported that paramedics took Lopez to Jacobi.
El Diario reported that paramedics took Lopez, unconscious and with a head injury, to Jacobi Medical Center but could not save his life. Norwood News reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating the crash.