E-bike rider dies after collision with Jeep in Crown Heights.
A Jeep driver making a left turn and an eastbound e-bike rider were involved in a fatal collision at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn at 8:01 p.m. on September 3, 2023, according to the crash record and police accounts.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police told amNewYork that an eastbound rider and a westbound Jeep driver turning left onto Schenectady Avenue collided; the crash record instead lists the Jeep as traveling south while making a left turn. News reports said paramedics took the rider to Kings County Hospital, where he died, and the driver remained at the scene.
Accounts differ on the Jeep's direction.
Police told amNewYork that an eastbound rider collided with the passenger side of a Jeep whose driver was attempting a left turn onto Schenectady Avenue. The crash record also lists the rider traveling east and going straight, but records the Jeep traveling south and making a left turn; amNewYork described the Jeep as westbound before its turn.
The intersection has seen other fatal crashes.
The crash happened at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights. amNewYork reported that this was the intersection's third fatal collision in less than 18 months.
Reports use different terms for the rider's vehicle.
The official record identifies the rider's vehicle as a Sur-Ron Light Bee LBX e-bike. amNewYork describes it as an electric dirt bike, while the Daily News calls it an electric bike. The official record lists the other vehicle as a 2019 Jeep categorized as a station wagon or SUV; amNewYork calls it a Jeep SUV.
The rider died after hospital transport.
The official record identifies the person killed as a 41-year-old man and links him to the e-bike. The Daily News reported that paramedics took him to Kings County Hospital, where he died. The Jeep driver remained at the scene; amNewYork reported that no one had been charged at the time of publication, and the Daily News said the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.