A driver making a left turn fatally struck a cyclist in Flushing.
A 43-year-old driver making a left turn hit cyclist Guixia Zhu at 41st Avenue and Bowne Street in Queens at 9:15 a.m. on June 10, 2024, in a crash the official record says killed one cyclist.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
QNS reported that a 43-year-old man driving a Sprinter van east on 41st Avenue turned left onto Bowne Street and hit Guixia Zhu as she rode west. The official record instead lists a 2016 Ford station wagon or SUV traveling north and making a left turn, so accounts differ on the vehicle and the driver's direction. QNS reported that Zhu was taken to New York-Presbyterian Queens, where she was pronounced dead; the driver remained at the scene and was not arrested.
Accounts differ on the driver's vehicle and direction.
Police investigators told QNS that a 43-year-old man driving a Sprinter van east on 41st Avenue turned left onto Bowne Street and hit Zhu as she rode west. El Diario also reported a left-turning driver and a westbound cyclist.
The official record lists the driver's vehicle as a 2016 Ford station wagon or sport utility vehicle traveling north and making a left turn; QNS describes a Sprinter van traveling east. Both accounts describe a left turn, but they differ on the vehicle type and approach direction.
Guixia Zhu lived near the intersection.
QNS identified the cyclist as Guixia Zhu, a Flushing woman who lived on Union Street, just over half a mile from the intersection. QNS and El Diario reported her age as 61; the official record lists the cyclist's age as 63.
QNS reported that police found Zhu unconscious and unresponsive in the roadway and that EMS took her to New York-Presbyterian Queens, where she was pronounced dead.
Police reported no arrest as the investigation continued.
QNS reported that the driver remained at the scene and had not been arrested as of its June 12 report; police said the investigation was ongoing. El Diario also said he remained at the scene and faced no immediate charges.
Where
41 AVENUE and BOWNE STREET