Scooter rider dies after Queens sidewalk crash into fence
Andrew Beicht, 46, died after police said he lost control of an electric standup scooter on the sidewalk near 64 Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens at about 10 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2023.
What We Know
Andrew Beicht, 46, was riding north on the sidewalk along 64th Street in Maspeth near Flushing Avenue on the morning of Nov. 1, 2023, police told the Daily News. Police said he lost control of an electric standup scooter and was thrown headfirst into a metal fence or gate. The city crash record places the fatal crash at 10:04 a.m. at 64 Street and Flushing Avenue and records one person killed, a 46-year-old male rider or driver of an e-scooter. Medics took Beicht to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where he died. The official record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor.
Police said the rider lost control on the sidewalk
Police told the Daily News that Andrew Beicht was riding north on the sidewalk along 64th Street in Maspeth when he lost control of an electric standup scooter near Flushing Avenue. He was thrown headfirst into a metal fence or gate and suffered head and neck injuries.
The city crash record places the crash at 10:04 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2023, at 64 Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens. It records one person killed and identifies the vehicle type as an e-scooter.
The crash happened on a Flushing Avenue corridor with a recent toll
The fatal crash occurred at 64 Street and Flushing Avenue in Queens. CrashCountNYC location data for Flushing Avenue in Queens shows 256 crashes, 177 injuries, 7 serious injuries and 2 deaths since 2022.
Andrew Beicht lived near the crash site
The Daily News, citing police, identified the rider as Andrew Beicht and reported that he lived just down the block from where the crash occurred. The city crash record lists the person killed as a 46-year-old male rider or driver.
Medics took him to Elmhurst Hospital Center
After the crash, medics rushed Beicht to Elmhurst Hospital Center, the Daily News reported. He died from his injuries there.
The official record cites driver inexperience
The city crash record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor for the e-scooter rider. The Daily News account, citing police, says Beicht lost control before he was thrown into the fence or gate.