Amazon truck driver strikes cyclist in fatal Manhattan crash
An Amazon truck driver struck cyclist Malcom Livesey at First Avenue and East 17th Street on June 16, 2023; the official record places the fatal crash at 12:39 p.m.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
An Amazon truck driver struck cyclist Malcom Livesey near First Avenue and East 17th Street on June 16, 2023. Police told Streetsblog that the rider changed lanes to the right before the crash; the Daily News instead described him making a left turn toward East 17th Street. The city record gives the crash time as 12:39 p.m., compared with Streetsblog's approximate 12:40 p.m. and the Daily News's description of shortly after 1 p.m. Streetsblog reported Livesey was 18, while the official fatal-person record lists the cyclist as 22. Accounts also differ about whether he died at Bellevue Hospital or at the scene. Police said the driver remained and was not charged while the investigation continued.
Reports identify the cyclist but differ on age and place of death.
Streetsblog identified the cyclist as Malcom Livesey, a Stuyvesant Town resident. Both articles described him as 18; the official fatal-person record lists the bicyclist as 22.
Streetsblog reported that Livesey was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died. The Daily News account reports his death at Bellevue but also describes him as dead at the scene.
Police accounts differ about the cyclist's movement.
Streetsblog, citing police, reported that the cyclist and truck driver were heading north on First Avenue, with the cyclist in the center lane and the driver one lane to the right. Police said the cyclist changed lanes to the right near East 17th Street and the driver struck him. The Daily News instead described the cyclist making a left turn toward westbound East 17th Street while the driver also traveled north. The official vehicle fields record both as traveling north and going straight ahead.
The official record places the crash at First Avenue and East 17th Street on June 16, 2023, at 12:39 p.m. Streetsblog reported approximately 12:40 p.m.; the Daily News described the crash as shortly after 1 p.m. The city record reports one cyclist killed.
The sources describe an electric delivery truck and an e-bike.
The official record classifies the vehicles as a box truck and an e-bike. Streetsblog described an electric Citi Bike and an Amazon truck; the Daily News described an Amazon electric truck.
The driver stayed at the scene and was not charged.
Police told Streetsblog that the driver remained at the scene and was not charged while the investigation continued, as of the outlet's June 17 report.
Ash Alavi, a local resident who witnessed the aftermath, told the Daily News, “I was just hoping he would survive. It was devastating.”
Where
1 AVENUE and EAST 17 STREET