FDNY fire truck driver in fatal Queens cyclist crash
A person driving an FDNY fire truck was in a collision with a 54-year-old bicyclist at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Queens, where the rider died at the scene and the city record cited traffic control disregarded.
What We Know
A person driving an FDNY fire truck was in a Saturday afternoon collision with a 54-year-old bicyclist at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Queens. The rider died at the scene. The city record counted one cyclist killed and one motorist injured and listed traffic control disregarded as a contributing factor. The public accounts do not line up on every movement: the Daily News, citing police, reported the driver was traveling north on 80th Street and turning onto Juniper Boulevard North, while the city record lists the truck entry as eastbound and making a right turn, with the bicyclist northbound and also making a right turn. Police reported no arrests, and the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad continued investigating.
A Saturday afternoon crash outside Juniper Valley Park
Police responded around 4:02 p.m. near 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Middle Village. The Daily News, citing police, reported that a person driving an FDNY fire truck was in a collision with a man riding a bicycle just outside Juniper Valley Park. The rider was pronounced dead at the scene.
The accounts differ on movement and vehicle classification. The Daily News reported that the driver was traveling north on 80th Street and turning onto Juniper Boulevard North. The city record categorizes the truck entry as a 2019 Ferrara box truck traveling east and making a right turn, and lists the bicyclist as traveling north and making a right turn.
80th Street is part of a broader Queens crash corridor
The crash was recorded at 80th Street and Juniper Boulevard North in Queens, near Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village.
CrashCountNYC's street-level context for 80th Street in Queens shows 566 crashes, 338 injuries, 25 serious injuries and 6 deaths from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Police reported no arrests as the investigation continued
The Daily News reported that police made no arrests in the incident and that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was continuing to investigate. Police had not said whether the fire truck crew was responding to an alarm call at the time.