Police Charge Driver in Fatal Washington Heights E-Bike Crash
The official record says an e-bike rider was killed at 10:42 p.m. at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue; the Daily News reported police charged Enesin Delarosa, alleging he hit Devon Hughley while fleeing an NYPD stop.
What We Know
An e-bike rider was killed on Nov. 2, 2024, at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan, according to the city crash record. The Daily News later reported that police arrested Enesin Delarosa, 26, and accused him of hitting Devon Hughley, 45, while fleeing an NYPD traffic stop in a stolen minivan. ABC7 also reported a driver fleeing a traffic stop, but its account differed on the rider’s age and placed the crash at 155th Street and Broadway. The official record lists a station wagon or SUV and an e-bike, and cites driver inattention or distraction, with unsafe speed also recorded for the SUV driver.
Police said the driver was fleeing a stop
The city crash record places the fatal crash at 10:42 p.m. on Nov. 2, 2024, at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, and records one e-bike rider killed.
The Daily News reported that police arrested Enesin Delarosa, 26, in March 2025 and accused him of hitting Devon Hughley while fleeing an NYPD car stop that began on Broadway between W. 152nd and W. 153rd streets. Medics took Hughley to Harlem Hospital, where he died.
The crash happened on a corridor with a long injury record
The official record places the crash at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan. CrashCountNYC’s location context for St. Nicholas Avenue in Manhattan shows 1,170 crashes, 728 injuries, 65 serious injuries and 4 deaths since 2022.
Records and news accounts describe the vehicles differently
The official record lists a station wagon or sport utility vehicle and an e-bike, both going straight ahead before the crash. The Daily News described the driver as fleeing in a stolen minivan and referred to Hughley as riding a scooter, while ABC7 described a driver in a blue Toyota minivan hitting a man on a bicycle.
Speed and distraction appear in the official record
The city crash record cites driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor and records unsafe speed for the SUV driver. ABC7 reported that police said the driver was traveling eastbound on 155th Street at a high rate of speed before the fatal impact.
One early report conflicted with later and official details
ABC7 reported the crash at 9:42 p.m. at 155th Street and Broadway and described the victim as a 28-year-old cyclist. The city record instead gives 10:42 p.m. at W. 155th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, and the Daily News later identified the person killed as Devon Hughley, 45.