Driver charged after cyclist's death in Flushing
Riding to Work
Quinn Daly, 23, turned right from 160th Street onto Sanford Avenue and struck cyclist Xi Zheng, 48, as Zheng rode west, according to police accounts; the official record places the crash at the intersection in Queens at 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2026, and lists one cyclist killed.
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What We Know
At 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2026, Quinn Daly was driving south on 160th Street in Flushing and turned right onto Sanford Avenue, according to police accounts reported by QNS and the Daily News. Those accounts said Daly struck Xi Zheng as Zheng rode west; the official record lists one cyclist killed. Daly was later charged with misdemeanor failure to yield to a pedestrian, and Zheng's family criticized the charge.
Police accounts describe a right-turn collision.
Police accounts reported by QNS and the Daily News said Daly was driving south on 160th Street and turned right onto Sanford Avenue as Zheng rode west. The official crash record lists one cyclist killed at the intersection at 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2026.
Reports said medics took Zheng to a hospital but named different destinations: the Daily News and QNS identified NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, while World Journal identified Booth Memorial Hospital.
The intersection had a bike lane and a stop sign.
The crash happened at Sanford Avenue and 160th Street in Flushing. Streetsblog described a westbound, unprotected bike lane on Sanford and reported that the driver faced a stop sign on 160th, while no stop sign or signal governed Zheng's westbound travel. Zheng's nephew told the Daily News that he was in the bike lane; Streetsblog reported that Zheng had the right of way.
Zheng regularly biked to work and lived nearby.
QNS reported that Zheng lived on 163rd Street, a few blocks from the crash. The Daily News described him as an avid cyclist and a father of a son and daughter. His nephew Jacky Huang said Zheng was on his way to work and told the Daily News, "He always biked to work."
Reports used different labels for Daly's Ford.
QNS and the Daily News identified the vehicle Daly was driving as a Ford F-150 pickup; QNS specified a 2015 model, matching the official record's year and pickup classification. Streetsblog called the F-150 an SUV in its opening account, then referred to it as a pickup.
A misdemeanor charge drew objections from Zheng's family.
Initial reports said no arrest had been made. Later, Daly was arrested on May 7 and charged with misdemeanor failure to yield to a pedestrian, the Daily News reported; Hoodline also gave May 7 as the arrest date. The Daily News said the charge carries a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine. Zheng's nephew Hui Huang told the paper, "I don't think that's fair," and said the charge was "quite light for what he did."