Queens driver charged after fatal scooter collision
QNS reported police alleged German Zhicay Cando was driving and left the scene after a collision that killed scooter rider Amikar Armondo Marquez-Larez; the official record places it at 4:49 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2023, at 50 Avenue and 97 Street in Queens.
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What We Know
Police alleged German Zhicay Cando was driving a Honda CR-V when he and scooter rider Amikar Armondo Marquez-Larez collided in Queens on Aug. 6, 2023. QNS reported Marquez-Larez, 36, of Greenpoint, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital Center and pronounced dead; police arrested Cando on Aug. 14 and charged him with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death and driving without a license.
Police accounts describe the riders' paths.
QNS reported that a preliminary NYPD investigation found Marquez-Larez traveling south on 50 Avenue and the Honda CR-V traveling east on 97 Street before they collided. The official record also lists the motor scooter traveling south and the SUV traveling east.
QNS said the impact threw Marquez-Larez onto the pavement. The Daily News separately reported that witnesses described contact between the moped and a nearby utility pole.
The collision happened on a residential street.
The official record places the collision at 50 Avenue and 97 Street in Queens. QNS described the area as a quiet, tree-lined residential street.
Marquez-Larez was a Greenpoint resident.
QNS identified the rider as Amikar Armondo Marquez-Larez, 36, of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The report said EMS took him to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The reports describe the vehicles differently.
QNS identified the rider's vehicle as a 2021 Znen ZN150T motorized scooter and described the other vehicle as a white Honda CR-V. The Daily News called the rider's vehicle a moped and also described a white Honda CR-V; the official record classifies the vehicles as a motorscooter and a station wagon or SUV.
Police arrested the alleged driver eight days later.
QNS reported that police arrested German Zhicay Cando, 50, of North Corona, on Aug. 14. Police alleged he was driving the Honda and left the scene; he was charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision resulting in death and driving without a license.