Moped rider fatally injures 90-year-old in Brooklyn hit-and-run
A moped rider traveling south at East 14th Street and Avenue U hit a 90-year-old pedestrian at 9:38 a.m. on July 8, 2025, according to the official record and police accounts cited by news reports, then left before police found him.
What We Know
A rider on a moped hit a 90-year-old man in the intersection of Avenue U and East 14th Street in Brooklyn on a Tuesday morning. According to the police report, the pedestrian was at the intersection and suffered a head injury with severe bleeding and was recorded as killed. The crash involved a motorcycle-class vehicle, and no contributing factors were specified in the report.
A morning crossing ended with a fatal hit-and-run
The official record places the crash at 9:38 a.m. on July 8, 2025, at East 14th Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn and records one pedestrian killed. The moped entry describes one occupant, a southbound direction, going straight ahead, and center-front impact and damage.
Reports named the victim in different ways
The official record identifies the person killed as a 90-year-old male pedestrian. CBS New York reported his name as Zhuo Lin Xie, ABC7 reported Zhuo Xie, and the Daily News reported Zhou Xie. The Daily News also reported that police said he lived about two blocks from the crash site.
CBS New York reported that the victim's grandson hoped authorities would find the rider and raised concern about motorcycles in residential areas.
Police were still looking for the rider
CBS New York reported that surveillance video showed the rider remaining at the scene for about three minutes, moving the moped to the other side of the intersection, and then leaving westbound. ABC7 described the rider as staying for about two and a half minutes. The Daily News reported that police were searching the area for surveillance footage to help identify him.
Police accounts cited the signal and the rider's attention
The Daily News and ABC7 reported that police said the pedestrian was in the crosswalk against the light. ABC7 also reported that the rider had a green light and that surveillance video showed him looking left rather than straight ahead moments before impact.
Avenue U has a recent record of serious harm
The crash happened at East 14th Street and Avenue U in Brooklyn. CrashCountNYC's Avenue U corridor context shows 867 crashes, 603 injuries, 43 serious injuries and 3 deaths since 2022.