E-Bike Rider, 91, Dies After Belt Parkway Curb Crash
George Attias, 91, the e-bike rider listed as killed in the city crash record, hit a curb and fell on the Belt Parkway exit ramp to Plumb Beach on March 7, 2023, police told Brooklyn Paper.
What We Know
On March 7, 2023, police said George Attias of Brighton Beach was riding an e-bike eastbound on the Belt Parkway exit ramp to Plumb Beach when he hit a curb and fell. First responders found him in the roadway with a head injury and took him to NYU Langone Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead the next day. The city crash record lists one person killed, identifies the 91-year-old as the e-bike rider, and records no other injuries. The NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating, according to Brooklyn Paper.
Police described a curb impact on the exit ramp
At about 6:55 p.m. on March 7, 2023, the city recorded a fatal crash on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. Police told Brooklyn Paper that George Attias, 91, of Brighton Beach, was riding eastbound on the Belt Parkway exit ramp to Plumb Beach when he hit a curb and fell.
First responders found Attias in the roadway with a head injury and took him to NYU Langone Hospital. Doctors pronounced him dead the next day, police told Brooklyn Paper.
The crash happened on the Belt Parkway near Plumb Beach
The city crash record places the fatal crash on the Belt Parkway. Police described the site to Brooklyn Paper as the eastbound exit ramp to Plumb Beach.
George Attias was the rider killed
The city record identifies the person killed as a 91-year-old male e-bike rider. Brooklyn Paper identified him as George Attias of Brighton Beach.
The official record pointed to rider error or confusion
The city crash record lists pedestrian, bicyclist, or other pedestrian error or confusion as a contributing factor. Brooklyn Paper reported that the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad was investigating the crash.