Recent severe crashes

1. Motorcycle Rider Died After Losing Control on LIE Ramp in Maspeth 2026-08-08T16:00:00+00:00
   Queens
   David Rivera, 49, died after police said he lost control of a Suzuki motorcycle on the eastbound Long Island Expressway outer roadway ramp in Maspeth.
   Police said David Rivera, 49, of Marlboro in Ulster County, was riding a Suzuki GSX-R750 eastbound on the right shoulder of the Long Island Expressway outer roadway ramp in Maspeth on Aug. 8. Investigators said Rivera hit a metal sewer grate, lost control and collided with a barrier wall, sustaining head trauma. Officers responding to a 911 call found him on the roadway east of 69th Street, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. Police said there had been no arrests and the investigation remained ongoing.
2. USPS driver charged after Hell's Kitchen pedestrian killed 2026-08-08T09:30:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   Police said USPS driver James Simmons hit Chester Mazur on Ninth Avenue, left the scene, and was arrested after the 66-year-old pedestrian died.
   Police said James Simmons, a 61-year-old U.S. Postal Service driver, was driving downtown on Ninth Avenue when he hit Chester "Chet" Mazur, 66, as Mazur crossed mid-block near West 55th Street around 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Medics took Mazur to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, where he died. Police said Simmons did not stop, and the Daily News reported that a postal inspector later helped link a white 2019 Peterbilt USPS box truck to the hit-and-run. Mazur, a longtime downtown musician, had performed in the East Village the night before and was close to his Hell's Kitchen home when he was killed.
3. Driver and NYPD officers ran over unconscious man in the Bronx 2026-08-08T07:45:00+00:00
   Bronx
   Police said a BMW SUV driver fled after running over an unconscious man near College Avenue and East 166th Street; NYPD officers then ran him over and tried to help.
   Police said the man got into a fight shortly before 4 a.m. near College Avenue and East 166th Street in Melrose and was left unconscious in the street. About 10 minutes later, a driver in a white BMW SUV ran him over and fled, according to police accounts cited by the Daily News and Gothamist. Officers in a marked NYPD SUV then ran him over, stopped and rendered aid. The department said the police SUV was traveling about 12 mph and was not believed to be pursuing the BMW driver. EMS took the man to Lincoln Hospital, where he died. Police had not released his name, and no arrests had been made as the investigation continued.
4. SUV driver fatally hits woman in Queens bike lane, police say 2026-08-01T05:30:00+00:00
   Queens
   An SUV driver hit a woman standing in a Queens bike lane and continued north without stopping; she died at a hospital, police said.
   Police told the Daily News that a woman in her 60s or 70s was standing in the northbound bike lane on 99th Street near 57th Avenue in Corona around 1:30 a.m. when a driver in a dark-colored SUV hit her and continued north on 99th Street. Medics took the woman to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, where she died. Police said no arrests had been made as of the article’s publication.
5. Tesla Driver Fatally Hits E-Scooter Rider on Upper West Side 2026-07-30T14:35:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   A 34-year-old Tesla driver fatally hit e-scooter rider Doreen Meyers at West 60th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, police told reporters.
   Police told reporters that Doreen Meyers, 49, was riding a stand-up e-scooter north on Amsterdam Avenue on the morning of July 30, 2026, when a 34-year-old man driving a Tesla west on West 60th Street hit her. EMS took Meyers to Mount Sinai Morningside, where she was pronounced dead. The driver stayed at the scene, and police said no charges were immediately filed while the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad continued its investigation. West Side Spirit identified Meyers as a Hell's Kitchen resident, former Peace Corps volunteer and dedicated marathoner.