Teen Moped Rider Killed in Washington Heights Collision
A 15-year-old moped rider was killed in a Nov. 9, 2023 crash at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street, where police told the Post he was thrown from the moped and later died at Harlem Hospital.
What We Know
The crash was recorded at 1:25 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2023, at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street in Manhattan. The city record identifies the person killed as a 15-year-old male moped driver and lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The Post, citing police, reported that the teen was thrown from the moped during a collision involving a Jeep, suffered a head injury, was taken to Harlem Hospital and was pronounced dead. The article said the driver remained at the scene and that police did not suspect criminality at the time. The official vehicle entry describes the SUV as a 2023 GMC, while the Post described it as a Jeep.
What happened
The city crash record places the collision at 1:25 p.m. on Nov. 9, 2023, at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street in Manhattan and records one death: a 15-year-old male moped driver.
The Post, citing police, reported that the teen was riding a moped and was thrown from it during a collision involving a Jeep near the intersection around 1:30 p.m.
St. Nicholas Avenue has seen repeated harm
The crash happened at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street in Manhattan.
CrashCountNYC location data for St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan shows 1,170 crashes, 728 injuries, 65 serious injuries and 4 deaths since 2022.
The rider and the driver
The official person record identifies the person killed as a 15-year-old male moped driver. The Post did not publish his name in the reviewed article.
The Post reported that the driver stayed at the scene and that the NYPD said no criminality was suspected at the time.
Records disagree on the SUV make
The official vehicle records list a 2023 Zhilong moped traveling south and a 2023 GMC SUV traveling east, with one person in each.
The Post described the SUV involved as a Jeep. Photos described by the article showed damage to the front driver side of the SUV and a moped on the ground at a crosswalk.
Hospital and investigation
Police told the Post the teen suffered a head injury, was unconscious after the crash, was taken to Harlem Hospital and was later pronounced dead.
The Post reported that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate.