Scooter rider killed after NYPD stop attempt in Williamsbridge
A moped rider died at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street on Oct. 19, 2023, after police said officers tried to stop him before a collision with a box truck in Williamsbridge.
What We Know
A scooter rider died after a collision with a box truck at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street in the Bronx on Oct. 19, 2023. Police told News 12 that officers had tried to pull the rider over and were chasing him because he fit the description of a man wanted in an alleged scooter robbery pattern. The city crash record lists one motorist killed and no other injuries, identifies the rider as the driver of a motorscooter, and records a box truck as the other vehicle. The city record attributes the crash to driver inexperience, with the scooter entry also noting traffic control disregarded.
Police said a stop attempt came before the fatal collision
The city crash record places the crash at 11:42 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2023, at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street. It records one motorist killed and no other injuries.
News 12 reported that police said officers had tried to pull over the scooter rider and were chasing him. Police said the rider fit the description of a man wanted in an alleged scooter robbery pattern. EMS personnel performed lifesaving measures before he was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Laconia Avenue has a recent record of repeated harm
The crash was recorded at Laconia Avenue and East 214th Street in the Bronx, in the Williamsbridge area described by News 12.
CrashCountNYC’s street-level review for Laconia Avenue in the Bronx counted 264 crashes, 272 injuries, 16 serious injuries and one death from Jan. 1, 2022, through June 1, 2026.
The rider’s age was reported differently
The city crash record lists the person killed as a 27-year-old male driver of the motorscooter. News 12, citing police, described the rider as a 20-year-old man. The outlet reported that authorities had not released his identity.
The records point to driver behavior and the police encounter
The city crash record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor. The scooter vehicle entry also lists traffic control disregarded. News 12’s police account focused on the attempted stop and chase that preceded the collision.