Queens Scooter Rider Dies After Pothole Crash on Liberty Avenue
Jaikarran Seenarian, 46, died at the scene after he was thrown from an electric stand-up scooter near Liberty Avenue and 109th Street, where witnesses described a large pothole in the roadway.
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What We Know
Press accounts identified the man who died as 46-year-old Jaikarran Seenarian. Witnesses told police he was thrown from an electric stand-up scooter after encountering a large pothole on Liberty Avenue near 109th Street in Richmond Hill. A restaurant worker who knew him said he had just left the New Chinese Garden of Guyana and was nearby when people rushed outside after the crash. First responders attempted CPR, but he died at the scene. City officials later described the crash as a terrible tragedy and said crews repaired that section of Liberty Avenue afterward.
A scooter ride ended at a damaged stretch of Liberty Avenue
Witnesses told police that Jaikarran Seenarian was thrown from an electric stand-up scooter after encountering a large pothole on Liberty Avenue near 109th Street in Richmond Hill. He died at the scene after first responders attempted CPR.
The crash happened on Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill
The reported location was Liberty Avenue near 109th Street, by the New Chinese Garden of Guyana. Restaurant worker Orvena Persaud said Seenarian had just left the restaurant before the crash, and people rushed outside after a customer saw him in the roadway.
City officials repaired the roadway after the death
Emergency crews were sent to repair that section of Liberty Avenue after the crash, according to officials cited in the report. A city transportation spokesman called the crash “a terrible tragedy,” and the mayor later announced a citywide pothole repair push.