NEW YORK — In a tragic incident on Thursday, a collision on the Queensboro Bridge’s bike path in New York City resulted in the deaths of two individuals.
The accident took place around 8:30 a.m., coinciding with the bustling morning rush hour.
Among the deceased were a 39-year-old man who was riding a stand-up motorized scooter and a 35-year-old man who was cycling.
The two were traveling in opposite directions at the time of the crash.
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EMS responded to the scene and took both victims to Weill Cornell Surgery at New York Presbyterian-Queens where they were both pronounced dead.
The investigation is ongoing, but officials say the scooter involved in the crash should never have been on the road to begin with.
“Crashes like these are entirely preventable. Scooters that travel this quickly have no place in our bike lanes,” said Ben Furnas, executive director of Transportation Alternatives. “The City Council must move forward with the ‘Ride Safe, Ride Right’ bill to prevent the sale of the most dangerous micromobility devices. Twenty mph is plenty for anything on New York City neighborhood streets and certainly in our bike lanes. The data is clear: anything faster than 20 mph is especially deadly. Twenty is plenty – no matter who you are or how you’re traveling, speed kills.”
Few other details were released.
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