E-Bike Rider Dies After Washington Heights Collision
Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez died after police said he rode an e-bike east on West 181st Street and collided with the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer near Fort Washington Avenue; the city crash record lists one cyclist killed.
What We Know
Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez died after an early-morning crash in Washington Heights on June 1, 2024. Police told amNY he was riding an e-bike east on West 181st Street just before 4 a.m. when he collided with the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer near Fort Washington Avenue. City records list one cyclist killed, no other injuries, a diesel tractor truck, an e-bike, and driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. The press account identified Zamora Rodriguez as 38; the city crash record listed the killed cyclist as 37.
Early-morning collision on West 181st Street
City crash records for the same incident list the crash at 3:57 a.m. on West 181 Street, with one cyclist killed and no other reported injuries.
A Washington Heights crash near Fort Washington Avenue
The crash happened on West 181st Street in Washington Heights, near Fort Washington Avenue, according to the police account reported by amNY and the city crash record.
The rider identified by police
amNY, citing police, identified the rider as Jose Luis Zamora Rodriguez, 38, of Mount Eden in the Bronx. The city crash record lists the killed cyclist as a 37-year-old man.
What the records say about movement and equipment
The city crash record lists a diesel tractor truck that was parked and an e-bike that was going straight ahead, both with eastbound travel direction. It records center-front impact and damage for the e-bike and a right-rear-bumper point of impact for the tractor truck.
amNY’s account, citing police, says the collision involved the rear lift gate of a double-parked tractor-trailer.
The death added to the citywide cycling toll
amNY reported that Zamora Rodriguez was the 10th cyclist to die on New York City streets in 2024 and that, by that point in the year, 92 people had died in traffic collisions citywide, citing NYPD statistics.