Moped rider killed after police say he stole running Bronx moped
A 26-year-old moped driver was killed at East 170th Street and Jerome Avenue after police said he stole a running moped, skidded on a damp roadway and collided with a dump truck and bus.
What We Know
Police said a man hopped on a 2022 Zhongneng moped left running near Findlay Avenue and East 170th Street on Aug. 17, 2023, then traveled west for about eight blocks. Near Jerome Avenue, police said, he skidded on a damp roadway and collided with a dump truck; he was then thrown and landed under a bus waiting at a light. The official crash record places the crash at 9:24 a.m. at East 170th Street and Jerome Avenue, lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor, and records one motorist killed and one injured.
Police said the ride began with a stolen moped
The Daily News, citing police, reported that a man got on a 2022 Zhongneng G150 that a 48-year-old man had left running outside his home near Findlay Avenue and East 170th Street around 9 a.m. He traveled west along East 170th Street for about eight blocks.
Near Jerome Avenue, police said, the rider skidded on a damp roadway and collided with a dump truck. He was thrown and landed on the asphalt under a 2019 Nova LFS bus that was waiting at a traffic light.
The city crash record lists the crash time as 9:24 a.m., with one motorist killed, one motorist injured, and unsafe speed as a contributing factor.
East 170th Street meets a high-crash Jerome Avenue corridor
The crash happened at East 170th Street and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, according to the city crash record.
CrashCountNYC location data for the Jerome Avenue corridor in the Bronx shows 1,635 crashes, 1,085 injuries, 94 serious injuries and 9 deaths since 2022.
The official record lists the rider and two other drivers
The official record identifies the person killed as a 26-year-old male moped driver. It also lists one occupant each in the moped, dump truck and bus.
The Daily News reported that a 42-year-old bus driver and a 41-year-old dump truck driver remained at the scene.
The official vehicle entries list the moped driver and the dump truck driver as unlicensed; the bus driver is listed as licensed in New York.
No immediate charges were reported
The Daily News reported the day after the crash that no criminal charges were immediately filed.