E-bike rider dies after fall in Sunset Park
Medics found 67-year-old Jundi Hu severely injured after an e-bike fall at Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street in Brooklyn on March 11, 2024; he later died at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
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What We Know
At about 4:09 p.m. on March 11, 2024, Jundi Hu, 67, fell from an e-bike near Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street in Sunset Park, police said. Medics found him in the roadway with severe injuries. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he died. Police said no other vehicles were involved and no roadway obstacle appeared to have caused the fall. Hu lived in Bay Ridge, about a mile away. The NYPD's Highway District Collision Investigation Squad was investigating his death.
The fall and its aftermath
Police said Hu fell from an e-bike near the intersection at about 4 p.m. on March 11. The city crash record places the incident at 4:09 p.m. and records that he had been riding north and going straight. Medics found him in the roadway with severe injuries. He was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where he died.
Police said no other vehicles were involved and no roadway obstacle appeared to have caused the fall.
Near Hu's Bay Ridge home
The fall happened at Sixth Avenue and 53rd Street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Police said Hu, 67, lived in Bay Ridge, about a mile from the intersection.
Police investigation
The NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was still investigating Hu's death when Patch reported on it March 13.