Hit-and-run driver kills e-bike rider at Tiffany and Barry
A hit-and-run driver in a dump truck fatally hit e-bike rider Mariano Leonardo Victoriano during a right turn at Tiffany and Barry streets in Hunts Point, according to city records and police accounts cited by news reports.
What We Know
Mariano Leonardo Victoriano was riding an e-bike near Tiffany Street and Barry Street in Hunts Point when a driver in a dump truck made a right turn and hit him. City crash records place the collision at 5:47 a.m. on Aug. 9, 2023; several news reports citing police put it around 5:30 a.m., while one reported about 6:30 a.m. The official record says the e-bike rider and the truck driver were both traveling south before the crash, with the truck driver turning right and the rider going straight. Reporters later cited police saying the driver left the scene; AMNY and News 12 reported that police found the driver but had not made an arrest at the time of publication. Records and reports differ on Victoriano's age, listing him as 29 or 30.
A right turn at Barry Street
The official crash record says a licensed New Jersey driver in a 2022 Kenworth dump truck was traveling south on Tiffany Street and making a right turn when the collision occurred. The e-bike rider was also traveling south and going straight ahead. The record lists the truck's right front bumper and the e-bike's left front quarter panel as impact and damage points.
AMNY reported that Mariano Leonardo Victoriano was riding southbound near Barry Street when a driver in a Kenworth dump truck, also southbound, turned right onto Barry Street and hit him. News 12 similarly reported that police said a dump truck driver turned right and hit Victoriano.
The rider was identified in later reports
The official record lists the person killed as a male bicyclist riding an e-bike. Gothamist, citing police, described him as a 29-year-old man. AMNY and News 12 identified him as Mariano Leonardo Victoriano and described him as 30.
Tiffany Street is a busy Hunts Point truck corridor
The crash happened at Tiffany Street and Barry Street in Hunts Point. AMNY reported that the intersection is part of the city's truck route and is near the Bruckner Expressway and the Hunts Point Cooperative Market.
CrashCountNYC's location context for Tiffany Street in the Bronx shows 306 crashes, 210 injuries, 14 serious injuries and one death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
News 12 reported that the crash location had no protected bike lane, and cited Transportation Alternatives saying less than 2 percent of streets in the City Council district had protected bike lanes.
Police reported a hit-and-run investigation
The Daily News and Gothamist reported that the driver fled after the crash and that no arrests had been made. AMNY and News 12 later reported that police had identified and located the dump truck driver, but that the driver had not been arrested at the time of those reports.