A 15-year-old moped rider died in a Washington Heights crash.
A driver remained at the scene after a crash at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street at 1:25 p.m. on November 9, 2023; the official record lists one fatality, identified by news reports as 15-year-old moped rider Reudolfo Filpo-Encarnacion.
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What We Know
On November 9, 2023, a crash at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street killed 15-year-old Reudolfo Filpo-Encarnacion, who was riding a moped, according to news reports. The official record lists a GMC vehicle, while accounts differed on the vehicle’s identification and how the collision unfolded. Reports said he was taken to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead there.
Accounts differ on how the collision unfolded.
The official record places the crash at St. Nicholas Avenue and West 185th Street in Manhattan at 1:25 p.m. on November 9, 2023, and records one fatality. News reports identified the person killed as 15-year-old Reudolfo Filpo-Encarnacion, who was riding a moped.
The New York Post reported that a driver in a Jeep struck the teen. ABC7 described the teen colliding with an eastbound Jeep, while Patch attributed to police an account that he struck an eastbound GMC Yukon.
Reports identified the rider and described his final hours.
Patch identified Reudolfo Filpo-Encarnacion as 15 and from Harlem. Patch reported he was ejected onto the roadway, taken to Harlem Hospital for head trauma, and pronounced dead there. The New York Post and ABC7 also reported that he was taken to Harlem Hospital and pronounced dead.
The record and news accounts describe the other vehicle differently.
The official record lists a 2023 Zhilong moped traveling south and a 2023 GMC station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling east. Patch identified the other vehicle as a 2023 GMC Yukon, while ABC7 and the New York Post called it a Jeep. The available accounts do not resolve these differing vehicle descriptions.
The driver remained as the investigation continued.
Patch reported that the driver of the GMC Yukon, whom it described as 43, remained at the scene. The New York Post reported that police suspected no criminality that evening. NY1 said officials reported no charges by Thursday night, and Patch reported that no arrests had been announced by Friday afternoon; the investigation was ongoing.
Where
SAINT NICHOLAS AVENUE and WEST 185 STREET