Truck driver charged after fatal e-bike crash in Flushing.
Police charged truck driver Kyle Schreiber with leaving the scene after a crash that killed e-bike rider Peter Seo at Northern Boulevard and Parsons Boulevard in Flushing on Dec. 28, 2023; the official record lists the crash at 6:13 a.m.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
QNS reported that police said Seo was turning left from eastbound Northern Boulevard when Schreiber allegedly struck him and continued west. The official record and QNS accounts described the truck as westbound, while a separate QNS report said it was traveling east before the collision. Schreiber pleaded not guilty to leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death.
Reports differ on the truck's direction.
The official record logs one cyclist killed on Northern Boulevard at 6:13 a.m. on Dec. 28, 2023. QNS placed the crash at Parsons Boulevard and reported that police said Seo was riding east and turning left when Schreiber allegedly struck him and continued west. The official record and QNS's Dec. 28 and arrest reports describe the truck as westbound; a separate QNS report said it was traveling east before the collision and then left westbound.
Peter Seo was identified as 81, though early reports gave another age.
QNS identified Seo as an 81-year-old Murray Hill resident, and the official record lists the fatally injured cyclist as 81. QNS's Dec. 29 report and Streetsblog described the rider as 82. QNS reported that officers found Seo unconscious and unresponsive in the roadway and that EMS pronounced him dead at the scene.
Reports use different terms for both vehicles.
The official record classifies the rider's vehicle as an e-bike and the truck as a flatbed. QNS's arrest report described an e-bike and a 2015 International tractor-trailer; earlier QNS coverage called the rider's vehicle a moped or electric scooter, and CBS also called it an electric scooter. Streetsblog described an electric bike and reported that video showed a design similar to a folding bike. Other press reports called the truck a tractor-trailer or semi-truck.
Schreiber pleaded not guilty to the leaving-the-scene charge.
QNS reported that police arrested Schreiber, 27, and charged him with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Queens Supreme Court and was released on his own recognizance. CBS reported that police had not determined whether the driver realized he had hit someone.
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NORTHERN BOULEVARD