Motorcyclist Dies After Left-Turn Crash Near Verrazzano Bridge
Vazgen Kharchaturyan, 34, was driving a 2025 Ducati south on Lily Pond Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. when he was struck during a left turn near Narrows Road South and later died at Staten Island University Hospital, according to police and the official crash record.
What We Know
Police said Vazgen Kharchaturyan of Arden Heights was riding a 2025 Ducati south on Lily Pond Avenue late June 9 when a northbound Nissan Altima driver attempted a left turn toward the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge ramp. The official crash record places the collision at Lily Pond Avenue and Narrows Road South at 10:30 p.m. and records Kharchaturyan as the motorcycle driver who was killed. Police said emergency responders took him to Northwell Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, where he was pronounced dead. The official record lists unsafe speed and turning improperly as contributing factors, and the press account said the Nissan and GMC drivers remained at the scene with no arrests reported.
A left turn preceded the fatal impact
Police said Kharchaturyan was riding south on Lily Pond Avenue when a northbound Nissan Altima driver attempted a left turn onto the ramp for the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The press account said he was struck during the turn, and the official record identifies him as the 34-year-old motorcycle driver who was killed.
The press account described a later impact involving a 2018 GMC Terrain traveling northbound in the center lane. The official record lists three involved drivers: Kharchaturyan on a 2025 Ducati Panigale, a driver in a 2019 Nissan Altima, and a driver in a 2018 GMC Terrain.
Kharchaturyan died at the hospital
Police said emergency responders took Kharchaturyan to Northwell Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, where he was pronounced dead. The same account identified him as an Arden Heights resident.
The drivers of the Nissan and GMC remained at the scene, according to the press account. Police reported no arrests had been made and the investigation remained ongoing.
The crash happened on a heavily traveled Narrows Road corridor
The official crash record places the collision at Lily Pond Avenue and Narrows Road South in Staten Island, and the press account described the site as near the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in Arrochar.
CrashCountNYC’s location context for Narrows Road South shows 175 crashes, 118 injuries, 5 serious injuries, and 1 death from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.