E-bike rider killed in Eastern Parkway crash with Jeep driver
Police said a Jeep driver remained at the scene after a collision at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue that official records say killed a 41-year-old e-bike rider on Sept. 3, 2023.
What We Know
A 41-year-old man riding an e-bike died after a crash at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn shortly after 8 p.m. on Sept. 3, 2023. Official records list a Jeep SUV driver making a left turn and a Sur-Ron Light Bee LBX rider going straight ahead; the record also lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the e-bike rider. Press accounts reported that paramedics took the rider to Kings County Hospital, where he died, and that the Jeep driver stayed at the scene. The sources differ on one movement detail: official data lists the Jeep driver traveling south, while amNY reported, citing police, that the driver was westbound and trying to turn left onto Schenectady Avenue. No arrest or charge was reported in the reviewed coverage.
Shortly after 8 p.m., a rider was fatally injured
Official records place the crash at 8:01 p.m. on Sept. 3, 2023, at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn, with one person killed and no other injuries recorded.
Police told the Daily News that the e-bike rider and the Jeep driver collided near the intersection; paramedics took the rider to Kings County Hospital, where he died. The Daily News reported that the Jeep driver remained at the scene and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating.
amNY reported a different level of detail, saying the rider was on a Sur-Ron Light Bee electric dirt bike and hit the passenger side of a Jeep SUV as the Jeep driver tried to turn left onto Schenectady Avenue. The official record lists the Jeep driver as traveling south before a left turn, while amNY reported the driver was westbound.
Eastern Parkway has a heavy crash record
The crash happened at Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Avenue in Crown Heights. CrashCountNYC's corridor context for Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn counted 2,111 crashes, 1,422 injuries, 85 serious injuries and 7 deaths from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
amNY reported this was the third fatal collision at the intersection in less than 18 months, citing two earlier deaths at the same crossing in 2022.
The rider died at the hospital; the driver stayed
The official record identifies the person killed as a 41-year-old male e-bike rider. The reviewed news stories did not publish his name.
The official record lists the Jeep driver as a licensed male driver in New York and two occupants in the Jeep. Police told both outlets that the driver remained at the scene; amNY reported the driver was given a field sobriety test.
Records and reports differ on one movement detail
The official record lists a 2019 Jeep SUV and a Sur-Ron Light Bee LBX e-bike. It records the Jeep driver making a left turn and the e-bike rider going straight ahead.
The same official record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor for the e-bike rider. amNY also reported that 46 camera-issued speeding tickets and five red-light camera tickets were associated with the Jeep's license plate, but the reviewed sources did not say who was driving when those tickets were issued.
Investigators reported no arrest or charge in the reviewed coverage
The Daily News reported that no arrests had been made and that the NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating. amNY reported that the investigation was ongoing and that no one had been charged.