A driver fled after a fatal Bronx e-bike crash.
A driver turning right onto Barry Street hit e-bike rider Mariano Leonardo Victoriano at Tiffany and Barry streets in the Bronx on Aug. 9, 2023, in a fatal collision recorded at 5:47 a.m.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police accounts reported by amNewYork and News 12 said a driver turned right onto Barry Street, hit Victoriano and fled. Early reports described a dark-colored SUV or a large SUV or small truck; later accounts called it a dump truck, as does the official vehicle-level entry, while the official collision summary uses the category Flat Rack. Police later located the driver, but reports said no arrest or charges had been reported.
A right turn preceded the collision.
Police accounts reported by amNewYork said Victoriano was riding south on Tiffany Street beside a dump truck traveling south when the driver turned right onto Barry Street, hit him and continued west. News 12 also attributed the right turn and collision to police, and described Victoriano riding beside the truck's passenger side in a shared road-bike lane.
The official record lists the collision time as 5:47 a.m. Press reports gave varying estimates: about 5:30 a.m. in Gothamist, CBS, amNewYork and News 12; about 5:40 a.m. in Streetsblog; and about 6:30 a.m. in the Daily News.
Early police accounts described a dark-colored SUV, according to Gothamist and CBS, or a large SUV or small truck, according to the Daily News. Later amNewYork, News 12 and Streetsblog accounts described a dump truck. The official vehicle-level entry lists a dump truck, while the official collision summary uses the category Flat Rack.
Later reports identified the rider.
amNewYork, News 12 and Streetsblog identified the rider as Mariano Leonardo Victoriano and gave his age as 30. Early Gothamist and CBS reports gave the rider's age as 29, matching the official record, which lists the killed e-bike rider as a 29-year-old man. amNewYork described Victoriano as a Longwood resident; News 12 said he was from the Bronx. amNewYork reported EMS took him to Lincoln Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
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The intersection sits on a truck route.
amNewYork placed Tiffany and Barry streets in Hunts Point, on the city's truck route near the Bruckner Expressway and Hunts Point Cooperative Market.
News 12 and Streetsblog reported that the intersection had no protected bike lane. Coverage differed on the street facility: amNewYork described a Tiffany Street bike lane, News 12 described a shared road-bike lane, and the Daily News quoted Transportation Alternatives saying neither street had dedicated bike lanes.
Police later located the driver.
Police were initially searching for the driver, according to the Daily News, Gothamist and CBS. By Aug. 10, amNewYork reported that police had identified and located the driver and truck through witness descriptions, but no arrest or charges had been reported. News 12 also said police had found the driver and that the investigation was underway.
Transportation Alternatives called for more protected bike lanes after the crash. News 12 reported that Alexa Sledge urged the city to meet the Streets Plan's annual protected-bike-lane construction requirements.