Police Attempted to Stop a Scooter Rider Before a Fatal Bronx Crash.
Police were attempting to stop a scooter rider before a crash that killed one person at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street in the Bronx at 11:42 a.m. on October 19, 2023, according to news reports and the official record.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
Police were trying to stop a scooter rider before a fatal crash with a box truck at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street. CBS News reported that officers investigating a robbery pattern had pulled over two scooter riders and one left; News 12 reported an attempted stop followed by a chase. Accounts of the impact differ: CBS cited witnesses who said the rider traveled against traffic and collided with the truck; News 12 reported officials said the rider collided with it, while a resident described the truck hitting him and dragging the scooter. The official record lists the deceased motorscooter driver as 27; News 12 reported the rider was 20. Both outlets reported that he died at a hospital.
Accounts of the stop and impact differ.
Police told CBS News that officers investigating a robbery pattern in Williamsbridge pulled over two scooter riders and one left the scene. News 12 reported that the crash followed an attempted stop and that officers chased the scooter rider. News 12 also reported that police said the rider fit the description of a person wanted in connection with an alleged scooter robbery pattern.
CBS cited witnesses who said the rider was traveling against traffic and collided with a box truck. News 12 reported officials said the scooter driver collided with the box truck, while a local resident gave a different account: “When he came up here, the truck hit him and dragged the bike over here.”
The crash happened at a Williamsbridge intersection.
The official record places the crash at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street in the Bronx, at 11:42 a.m. on October 19, 2023. CBS News and News 12 identified the area as Williamsbridge.
Reports give different ages for the rider.
The official record lists the person killed as a 27-year-old man driving a motorscooter; News 12 described the scooter rider as 20. CBS reported that he was taken to a local hospital, where he died. News 12 said he was taken to a hospital after EMS personnel performed lifesaving measures and was pronounced dead there. Both outlets reported that authorities had not released his identity.