Passenger killed in Bronx crash involving tanker driver
At 7:03 a.m. June 13, 2025, at Bruckner Boulevard and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx, a 24-year-old operating a Razor electric dirt bike lost control, police told the Daily News, and passenger Jaydin Arroyo, 22, died after a crash involving a driver in a tanker.
What We Know
Jaydin Arroyo, 22, was riding as a passenger on a Razor electric dirt bike or moped at Bruckner Boulevard and Southern Boulevard just after 7 a.m. on June 13, 2025. The Daily News, citing police, reported that the 24-year-old operator was heading south on Bruckner Boulevard when he lost control and slid into a Western Star tanker while a 31-year-old driver was turning left off Southern Boulevard. Medics took Arroyo to Lincoln Hospital, where he died; the operator was taken there in stable condition, and the tanker driver was not hurt. The city crash record lists a moped and a tanker, one person killed, one motorist injured, and Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor for the moped/Razor vehicle. No charges had been filed as of the Daily News report, and police were still investigating.
A morning crash at Southern and Bruckner
Police records place the crash at 7:03 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2025, at Bruckner Boulevard and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. The record lists one person killed and one motorist injured in a crash involving a tanker and a moped.
The Daily News, citing police, reported that a 24-year-old operating a Razor electric dirt bike was heading south on Bruckner Boulevard when he lost control and slid into a Western Star tanker as a 31-year-old driver was turning left off Southern Boulevard.
Jaydin Arroyo was riding as a passenger
The Daily News identified the passenger as Jaydin Arroyo, 22, and reported that he lived in Crotona Park East. The city record lists the fatal victim as a 22-year-old male passenger in the rear position on the moped.
Medics took Arroyo to Lincoln Hospital, where he died. The 24-year-old operator was taken to the same hospital in stable condition, and the 31-year-old driver in the tanker was not hurt, according to the Daily News.
The record describes a moped and a tanker
The city record describes the smaller vehicle as a moped, a Razor Electric MX650, with two occupants. The Daily News described it as a Razor electric dirt bike.
The city record lists the larger vehicle as a 2013 Western Star truck or bus type tanker, with one licensed New York driver. It records that driver traveling west and making a left turn before the crash.
The record flags a traffic-control violation
The city record lists Traffic Control Disregarded as a contributing factor for the moped/Razor vehicle. The Daily News account attributed to police said the operator lost control before the collision.
No charges had been filed as of the Daily News report on June 16, and police were continuing to investigate the crash.
At a major Bronx intersection
The crash happened at Bruckner Boulevard and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx. The Daily News placed the intersection in Mott Haven, and reported that Arroyo lived in Crotona Park East.