Two riders killed on Queensboro Bridge bike path
A 39-year-old stand-up scooter rider and a 35-year-old bicyclist were killed at 8:21 a.m. on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge bike path, where police later said the scooter rider veered left to pass another bicyclist before the collision.
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What We Know
At 8:21 a.m. on May 28, 2026, a 39-year-old stand-up scooter rider and a 35-year-old bicyclist were killed on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge bike path. The official record lists the scooter rider traveling west and passing, and the bicyclist traveling east and going straight ahead. Later press accounts identified the men as Francis Delvalle and Dmytro Stechenko, though some reports spelled Delvalle as Del Valle. Police told the New York Post that Delvalle veered left to pass another bicyclist before the collision. The official record cited traffic-control disregard and unsafe lane changing for the scooter rider. Reporters and advocates focused on the Teverun Blade GT II scooter model, which was described as capable of about 53 mph; police said it was not clear how fast either rider was traveling.
A fatal morning collision in the bridge bike lane
The crash was reported at 8:21 a.m. on May 28, 2026, on the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge bike path. The official record lists a 39-year-old e-scooter rider traveling west and passing, and a 35-year-old bicyclist traveling east and going straight ahead; both men were recorded as killed.
Most police accounts cited by news outlets described the men traveling in opposite directions. The New York Post later reported that police said Francis Delvalle veered left into oncoming bike-path traffic to pass another bicyclist before colliding with Dmytro Stechenko. amNY, however, reported the directions in reverse, with the scooter rider eastbound and the cyclist westbound.
The two men who died
News outlets later identified the bicyclist as Dmytro Stechenko, 35, of Queens or Long Island City. The Daily News reported that he was a software engineer at Meta, and a longtime friend said he was from Ukraine and had lived in New York for five years.
The scooter rider was identified in several reports as Francis Delvalle, 39; West Side Spirit used the spelling Francis Del Valle. The Daily News reported that his son described him as a good man, while the New York Post reported that a friend said he left behind a wife and two children.
A high-speed scooter drew scrutiny
The official record identifies the scooter as a Teverun Blade GT II. Transportation Alternatives, the Daily News and other outlets described that model as capable of reaching about 53 mph, far above New York City's 15 mph bike-lane speed limit for e-bikes and stand-up e-scooters.
Police and reporters said it was not clear how fast either rider was traveling at the time. The official record cited traffic-control disregard and unsafe lane changing for the scooter rider.
A narrow bridge path built for heavy bike traffic
The collision happened on the Queensboro Bridge bike path, one of the city's busiest routes for people walking and biking between Manhattan and Queens. ABC7 reported that the city separated the bridge's pedestrian and cyclist routes in May 2025, with bikes using the north outer roadway and pedestrians using the south outer roadway.
Cyclists told reporters the path can feel chaotic, especially when faster electric devices mix with pedal bikes. CBS New York reported that the bridge's narrow eastbound and westbound bike lanes are divided only by a painted white line.
The deaths renewed enforcement and sales-ban demands
Police said the Collision Investigation Squad was investigating, and amNY reported that there had been no arrests as of May 28.
Transportation Alternatives urged the City Council to pass the Ride Safe, Ride Right bill, which would ban sales of e-bikes and e-scooters capable of exceeding 20 mph. After the crash, Streetsblog reported that Teverun added a website warning saying its scooters are shipped with a 15 mph public-road speed limit and that unrestricted mode is for private or off-road use only.