Driver fatally strikes cyclist on Belt Parkway
A driver in a 2017 Dodge Challenger struck and killed 43-year-old Gerardo Santiago De Los Santos near 4th Avenue, Patch reported, in a Belt Parkway crash recorded at 2:39 a.m. on September 13, 2024.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
A driver in a 2017 Dodge Challenger struck Gerardo Santiago De Los Santos, 43, near 4th Avenue, Patch reported. Patch said the driver was traveling east and Santiago De Los Santos was riding west; News 12, citing police, said he was westbound on the eastbound shoulder when a collision with a car occurred. The accounts describe the sequence differently and do not establish a single reconciled version. The official record classifies the other vehicle as a sedan, while Patch identified it as a 2017 Dodge Challenger. Both outlets reported that the driver stayed at the scene and that no arrest had been made at publication. The crash was recorded at 2:39 a.m. on September 13, 2024.
Accounts differ on how the collision unfolded.
Patch reported that a driver traveling east in a 2017 Dodge Challenger struck Santiago De Los Santos as he rode west. News 12 said police determined the cyclist was traveling west on the eastbound shoulder when a collision with a car occurred. The accounts describe the sequence differently and do not provide a reconciled account.
The official record lists a sedan and a bike, with the sedan traveling east and the bike west. Patch identified the sedan-classified vehicle as a 2017 Dodge Challenger, while News 12 referred to it as a car. The record counts one cyclist killed and no other injuries.
Patch identified the cyclist.
Patch named the cyclist as Gerardo Santiago De Los Santos, 43. The official record classifies the person killed as a bicyclist.
The crash was near 4th Avenue.
The official record places the crash on the Belt Parkway at 2:39 a.m. on September 13, 2024. Patch described the location as 4th Avenue and Belt Parkway; News 12 placed it on the parkway near 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge.
The cyclist was taken to a hospital.
Patch reported that police found Santiago De Los Santos lying in the roadway and that emergency responders took him to Lutheran Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. News 12 also reported that he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Both outlets reported that the driver remained at the scene and that no arrest had been made as police investigated.