A driver was charged after a fatal Harlem e-bike crash.
A Son Turning Ten
Police say Kevin Crosby, 49, drove east at high speed and struck two e-bike delivery workers at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard; the official record places the crash at 8:05 p.m. on March 19, 2026, and counts one death and four injuries.
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What We Know
Police said Kevin Crosby drove east at high speed and struck two e-bike delivery workers near Harlem's Apollo Theater. Darly Zacarias, 28, died, and the other rider was critically injured; the official record counts four injuries overall. Accounts differ on the subsequent vehicle impacts. Prosecutors later indicted Crosby, while his lawyer argued mechanical problems contributed.
The driver hit two e-bike delivery workers.
Police said Kevin Crosby, 49, drove a red Hyundai Tucson east in the bus lane at high speed and hit two e-bike riders from behind near West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard. Darly Zacarias, 28, died; the other rider, 33, was critically injured. The official record counts four injured people overall.
Reports differ about later impacts.
Gothamist's March 20 account said Crosby hit a Toyota RAV4 and a parked Lexus, then an unoccupied NYPD cruiser and a tractor-trailer. Its March 21 account said he hit an empty police car, which pushed into a parked Lexus, then hit an unoccupied tractor-trailer and the Toyota. The reports differ on the order of those impacts.
The crash happened near the Apollo Theater.
The crash happened at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Manhattan, on a Harlem block outside the Apollo Theater. ABC7 described the stretch between Seventh and Eighth avenues as typically busy with people, buses, cars and bikes around 8 p.m.; it also noted bus lanes and speed restrictions.
Zacarias and his closest friend shared a life in the Bronx.
ABC7 reported that Zacarias and his roommate, Juan Suero, grew up together in the Dominican Republic and moved to the Bronx together five years earlier. Both worked as food delivery workers, putting in 13-hour days. Zacarias's son turned 10 the day after the crash.
"That's my best friend, amigo - I'm so sorry," Suero said.
News reports identified a red Hyundai Tucson.
News reports identified the vehicle Crosby drove as a red Hyundai Tucson. They also reported that the crash involved a Toyota RAV4, a Lexus, an unoccupied NYPD cruiser and a tractor-trailer.
Prosecutors and the defense offered different accounts.
At Crosby's arraignment, prosecutor Emily Hong said he had acknowledged smoking marijuana and PCP earlier that day. His lawyer, Seann Riley, argued that steering and brake problems contributed to the crash.
Prosecutors later indicted Crosby.
On April 7, West Side Spirit reported that Crosby had been indicted on charges including aggravated vehicular homicide, manslaughter, criminal possession of a controlled substance, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and reckless driving.