Nissan driver stayed at scene after fatal Maspeth crash.
A 58-year-old man driving a Nissan remained at the scene after a collision that killed 19-year-old motorcyclist Roman Mikirtichev at 64th Street and 58th Road in Queens at 11:56 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023, police reports and the official record say.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
AMNY identified the rider as 19-year-old Roman Mikirtichev and reported that a 58-year-old man driving a Nissan remained at the scene. AMNY described the rider traveling north, while El Diario described him traveling south and called the collision head-on.
AMNY identified the rider.
AMNY identified the rider as Roman Mikirtichev, 19, and described him as a resident of Woodhaven Boulevard in Middle Village. It reported that police found him unconscious and unresponsive with traumatic injuries and that he was pronounced dead at Elmhurst Hospital.
The New York Post and AMNY reported that the other driver was a 58-year-old man driving a Nissan who remained at the scene.
The crash happened at 64th Street and 58th Road.
The official record places the crash at 64th Street and 58th Road in Queens at 11:56 p.m. on Aug. 3, 2023. El Diario places the intersection near Mount Olivet Cemetery in Maspeth.
Accounts disagree on how the collision unfolded.
AMNY, citing police, reported that Mikirtichev was riding north on 64th Street while the Nissan traveled south. El Diario, also citing police, instead described Mikirtichev as riding south and called the collision head-on. The official record lists the motorcycle traveling north and the Nissan south; it does not document a full sequence.
AMNY reported Mikirtichev's ejection and subsequent contact between the motorcycle and a parked vehicle.
The official inventory lists three vehicles.
The official inventory lists a 2018 Suzuki motorcycle and a 2020 Nissan, plus an unoccupied 1997 Ford recorded as parked. The record uses a combined station wagon or sport utility vehicle category for the Nissan and Ford; AMNY calls the Nissan an SUV, while El Diario says only Nissan.
No arrest was reported in the initial coverage.
The New York Post reported on Aug. 4 that no arrests had been made. El Diario also reported that the Nissan driver had not been arrested.