E-bike rider dies in Washington Heights truck crash
An e-bike rider died in a crash recorded at 3:57 a.m. on June 1, 2024, on West 181st Street; amNewYork reported that he collided with the rear liftgate of a double-parked tractor-trailer.
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What We Know
Reports identified the rider as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez and said he was traveling east on West 181st Street near Fort Washington Avenue when he collided with the rear liftgate of a truck reported as double-parked. The crash record gives the time as 3:57 a.m. on June 1, 2024, and records one cyclist killed. The accounts differ on the time: amNewYork places the crash just before 4 a.m. on June 1, while 1010 WINS describes a Sunday-afternoon crash at about 3:57 p.m. The reports also use different terms for the truck.
Accounts describe a collision with a parked truck.
amNewYork reported that Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez was riding east on West 181st Street when he collided with the rear liftgate of a double-parked tractor-trailer. 1010 WINS also reported that he hit the rear liftgate, and said police described the truck as double-parked and unattended in the eastbound lane.
The crash record gives the time as 3:57 a.m. on June 1, 2024, and records one cyclist killed and no injuries. amNewYork places the crash on June 1 just before 4 a.m.; 1010 WINS instead describes a Sunday-afternoon crash at about 3:57 p.m.
The crash happened near Fort Washington Avenue.
The crash record places the collision on West 181st Street. Both articles locate it near Fort Washington Avenue in Washington Heights; amNewYork says it was near the intersection.
Reports identify the rider as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez.
amNewYork and 1010 WINS identified the rider as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez and gave his age as 38. The official crash record lists the killed cyclist as 37. amNewYork reported that he lived in Mount Eden in the Bronx.
amNewYork reported that Zamora Rodriguez was taken to Harlem Hospital but could not be saved. 1010 WINS reported that he was pronounced dead at NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem.
The reports use different terms for the truck.
The official record classifies the vehicle as a diesel tractor truck, lists it as a 2019 Volvo, and records it as parked. amNewYork calls it a tractor-trailer; 1010 WINS describes it as a parked delivery truck and also calls it a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer. The official record lists the other vehicle as a Neco e-bike.
Police were investigating, with no arrests reported.
1010 WINS reported that the NYPD High Districts Collision Investigation Squad was investigating and that no arrests had been made at the time of its report.