E-scooter rider dies after pavement defect crash in Brooklyn
Armando Gonzalez, 67, died after he was thrown from an e-scooter at Beverley Road and Westminster Road, where police said he hit a pavement defect while riding west on Aug. 13, 2023.
What We Know
Armando Gonzalez, a 67-year-old Kensington resident, was riding an electric scooter west on Beverley Road at Westminster Road in Prospect Park South on Aug. 13, 2023, when police said he hit a pavement defect and was thrown off. Officers found him in the street with head trauma, and emergency responders took him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Police said he was pronounced dead on Aug. 21. The city crash record lists an e-scooter and a sedan in the crash record, but the reviewed press account describes Gonzalez’s fatal injuries as stemming from the e-scooter crash and says the NYPD investigation remained open.
Police said a pavement defect threw the rider down
Police said Armando Gonzalez was riding an electric scooter westbound on Beverley Road at Westminster Road at about 2:20 p.m. when he hit a defect in the pavement and was thrown off. The official crash record lists the crash time as 2:19 p.m. on Aug. 13, 2023.
A Kensington resident later died at the hospital
Responding officers found Gonzalez lying in the street with head trauma, according to the NYPD account cited by Brooklyn Paper. Emergency responders brought him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where police said he was pronounced dead on Aug. 21.
The NYPD investigation remained open
Brooklyn Paper reported that the NYPD Highway Collision Investigation Squad conducted the preliminary investigation, and an NYPD spokesperson said the incident remained under investigation.
Where
Beverley Rd & Westminister Rd