STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— A 22-year-old man using a standup electrical scooter was struck and in the end died of his accidents after colliding with a automobile in Brooklyn over the weekend.
Emergency personnel responded to the intersection of 18th Avenue and 74th Street in Bensonhurst round 12:50 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20 for a report of the incident, an NYPD spokesperson stated Monday.
The sufferer, recognized as Qiu Rifeng, was trying to cross 18th Avenue on a Hover-1 Journey folding scooter when he was struck by a 2022 Kia K5 sedan operated by a 23-year-old male, touring south on 18th Avenue, and was thrown to the pavement, police stated.
Rifeng was transported to Maimonides Medical Center the place he died of his accidents, which included “severe head trauma,” police stated.
It wasn’t instantly clear if Rifeng was carrying a helmet on the time of the accident. He was lower than two blocks away from his dwelling on the time of the accident.
The 23-year-old male driver remained on the scene and police, as of Monday, had not filed any expenses.
An investigation stays ongoing by the NYPD’s Highway Collision Investigation Squad, police stated Monday.
E-bikes and e-scooters had been made authorized in New York City two years in the past. City Council additionally on the time handed a legislation requiring the Department of Transportation (DOT) to create a shared e-scooter pilot program in areas which might be underserved by mass transit and current bike shares.
SCOOTER, E-BIKE CRASHES ON S.I.
Last yr, police stated Staten Islander Louis Arce, 39, died after he was ejected from his electrical bike in his dwelling neighborhood of Stapleton.
Based on video surveillance pictures, investigators believed Arce had did not navigate the roadway and drove into the again of a parked, unoccupied pickup truck, a supply with information of the investigation stated on the time.
On the borough’s South Shore, an e-scooter operator was injured earlier this summer time in a crash close to Tottenville High School.
The 18-year-old male scooter operator was using on Luten Avenue when a 17-year-old male passenger of a automobile opened his door, an NYPD spokeswoman stated on the time.
The scooter operator reportedly complained of leg ache, police stated.