Driver Charged After Moped Rider Dies on Cross Bronx Service Road
On Aug. 21, 2023, a crash involving a moped and an SUV on Cross Bronx Service Road N killed 32-year-old moped driver Kadeem Davis; prosecutors said Brehisly Jimenez Gonzalez chased and rear-ended him.
What We Know
Kadeem Davis, 32, died after a crash involving his moped and an SUV on the Cross Bronx Expressway service road on Aug. 21, 2023. City crash data records a fatal moped-and-SUV crash at 2:09 p.m. on Cross Bronx Service Road N at Olmstead Avenue, with unsafe speed listed for both drivers. Press accounts placed the crash near Gleason Avenue and described a dispute and pursuit. Police accounts reported by the Daily News changed on whether the SUV driver made contact, while prosecutors later said Brehisly Jimenez Gonzalez pursued Davis at high speed and struck the rear of his moped. Gonzalez was charged with manslaughter, assault, reckless driving and leaving the scene.
A chase allegation shaped the case
The crash record says the collision happened at 2:09 p.m. on Aug. 21, 2023, on Cross Bronx Service Road N at Olmstead Avenue. It involved a moped and an SUV, and the 32-year-old male moped driver was killed.
Press accounts said Davis had been riding west on the Cross Bronx Expressway service road after a dispute. The Daily News first reported that police said the SUV driver hit him, then reported the next day that police had determined the driver did not make contact. Prosecutors later said Brehisly Jimenez Gonzalez pursued Davis at high speed and rear-ended his moped.
Kadeem Davis was remembered by friends
Friends identified the moped driver as Kadeem Davis, 32. Schuchanna Adlam told the Daily News he was a kind person and said, “He was a jokester,” adding, “He was a great father who lived for his kids. Loved them out of this world.”
Police arrested Jimenez Gonzalez, 22, after the crash. By Thursday, prosecutors had charged him with manslaughter, assault, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.
The moped and SUV were both headed west
The official vehicle records list a 2023 JiaJue moped and a 2004 Honda SUV, both traveling west and going straight before the crash. The Daily News described Davis as riding a gas-powered JiaJue moped and Jimenez Gonzalez as driving a 2004 Honda Pilot.
Reports placed the crash on the Cross Bronx service road
The official record places the crash on Cross Bronx Service Road N at Olmstead Avenue. News reports placed it near Gleason Avenue on the Cross Bronx Expressway service road, with the Daily News describing the area as Parkchester and later as Unionport.
Residents who spoke with News 12 described the intersection as dangerous, saying drivers and motorcycle riders pass through at high speeds even near a stop sign. Diamond Ramos said, “It was really scary, I was so scared 'cause I had my son with me.”
Speed and aggressive driving were central to the record
The crash record lists unsafe speed for both drivers and aggressive driving or road rage for the SUV driver. Prosecutors said Gonzalez engaged in a dispute with Davis, pursued him at a high rate of speed and swerved into the rear of Davis’s moped.