Motorcycle Driver Dies After Sheepshead Bay Crash
A 50-year-old motorcycle driver was killed early Oct. 13, 2023, at Guider and Coney Island avenues, after police said he failed to navigate the roadway and was thrown to the pavement.
What We Know
A 50-year-old man was riding a 2011 Harley Davidson west on Guider Avenue early on Oct. 13, 2023, when police said he failed to properly navigate the roadway near Coney Island Avenue and lost control. He was thrown to the pavement and suffered severe head trauma, according to amNY, which cited the NYPD. The city crash record lists one death, the motorcycle driver, and cites driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. Paramedics took him to Kings County Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.
What police said happened on Guider Avenue
The crash happened shortly after midnight on Oct. 13, 2023. The city record places it at 12:36 a.m. at Guider Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn.
amNY reported that, according to the NYPD, the 50-year-old rider was traveling on a 2011 Harley Davidson when he failed to properly navigate the roadway, lost control and was thrown to the pavement. He suffered severe head trauma.
A fatal crash at a heavily traveled Brooklyn corridor
The crash occurred at Guider Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC’s location review identifies Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn as a corridor with 1,145 crashes, 745 injuries, 60 serious injuries and 5 deaths since 2022.
The rider was taken to Kings County Hospital
Paramedics responded in Sheepshead Bay and took the injured man to Kings County Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. amNY reported that officials withheld his identity pending family notification.
Highway investigators took the case
The NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad was investigating, amNY reported.