Pickup driver charged after Xi Zheng died in Queens bike crash
At about 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2026, a pickup driver making a right turn at Sanford Avenue and 160th Street in Queens was involved in a crash that killed 48-year-old bicyclist Xi Zheng; police later charged Quinn Daly with failing to yield.
What We Know
Xi Zheng, 48, died after a morning crash at Sanford Avenue and 160th Street in Flushing. The city crash record lists a male bicyclist killed, a pickup driver making a right turn, and the bicyclist traveling west. Police accounts reported that a 23-year-old driver in a 2015 Ford F-150 turned right from 160th Street onto Sanford Avenue as Zheng rode west on Sanford; he was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and pronounced dead. The driver stayed at the scene. Months later, police arrested Quinn Daly and charged him with a misdemeanor failure-to-yield count. Zheng’s relatives told reporters he was an avid cyclist, was riding to work, and left behind two children; they said the charge was too light.
A right turn at Sanford Avenue
The crash record places the collision at Sanford Avenue and 160th Street in Queens at 10:02 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2026. It lists one person killed: a 48-year-old male bicyclist traveling west, while a pickup driver was making a right turn.
Police accounts cited by local news identified the bicyclist as Xi Zheng and reported that a 23-year-old driver in a 2015 Ford F-150 turned right from 160th Street onto Sanford Avenue as Zheng rode west on Sanford. The driver stayed at the scene, and Zheng was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where he was pronounced dead.
The Flushing corner and the wider 160th Street record
The fatal crash happened at Sanford Avenue and 160th Street in Flushing, a few blocks from Zheng’s home on 163rd Street, according to qns.com.
CrashCountNYC’s Crash Finder counted 421 crashes, 243 injuries, 15 serious injuries and 2 deaths on 160th Street in Queens from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
Xi Zheng was riding to work, relatives said
Relatives told the Daily News that Zheng regularly biked to work. His nephew Jacky Huang said the family was trying to make sense of the loss, and another nephew, Hui Huang, described Zheng as a family man who left behind a son and a daughter.
qns.com reported that responding officers found Zheng on the roadway with trauma to his head and body before EMS took him to the hospital.
A misdemeanor charge drew anger from the family
The Daily News reported that police arrested Quinn Daly on May 7, 2026, and charged him with failure to yield to a pedestrian, a misdemeanor. The paper reported that the charge carried a maximum penalty of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.
Zheng’s relatives told reporters they believed the charge was too light. Hoodline reported that family members were furious that Daly faced only a misdemeanor after Zheng’s death.