E-bike rider dies after Central Park crosswalk collision
A 43-year-old e-bike rider died after police said he collided with a pedestrian in a Central Park crosswalk near East Drive and East 97th Street on June 18, 2025.
What We Know
Salvador Nico-Garcia, a Bronx resident, was riding an e-bike in Central Park shortly before 6 p.m. on June 18, 2025, when police said he collided with a 41-year-old pedestrian who was crossing at a crosswalk near East Drive and East 97th Street. The city crash record lists the fatal victim as a 43-year-old male bicyclist on an e-bike; the Daily News reported his age as 47. Nico-Garcia was thrown and hit his head on the curb, according to police accounts reported by local outlets. EMS took him to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he was pronounced dead. The pedestrian had a minor hand injury and declined treatment at the scene. Police said the crash remained under investigation, and no arrests had been made.
Police said the rider collided with a pedestrian in a crosswalk
The official crash record places the collision at 5:47 p.m. on June 18, 2025, at East Drive and the 97th Street Transverse in Manhattan. Police accounts reported by West Side Spirit and ABC7 said Salvador Nico-Garcia was riding an e-bike when he collided with a 41-year-old pedestrian who was crossing at a crosswalk.
Nico-Garcia was thrown and hit his head on the curb, according to the police accounts cited by the news outlets. EMS took him to Mount Sinai Morningside, where he was pronounced dead. The pedestrian had a minor hand injury and declined treatment at the scene.
The victim was identified as Salvador Nico-Garcia
Authorities identified the rider who died as Salvador Nico-Garcia, a Bronx resident. The official crash record and most reviewed accounts describe him as 43 years old; the Daily News reported that he was 47.
The official record lists one e-bike
The city crash record lists one vehicle: an Arrow e-bike traveling north on East Drive, with one occupant, going straight ahead before the crash. ABC7 reported that Nico-Garcia was on an e-bike and was not wearing a helmet when he was thrown.
East Drive has seen repeated injury crashes
The crash happened at East Drive and the 97th Street Transverse in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC location data for East Drive in Manhattan shows 17 crashes, 10 injuries, one serious injury and one death from 2022 through June 1, 2026.
Police were still investigating
West Side Spirit and eastsidefeed.com reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating the crash and that no arrests had been made.