Teen moped driver dies in Midwood crash near Avenue N
Jhoan Puga, 17, died after a June 23, 2025 crash at East 8th Street and Avenue N that official records tied to improper passing or lane use and the Daily News described as a moped collision that critically injured his passenger.
What We Know
Jhoan Puga was riding a gas moped north on East 8th Street with a passenger when the crash happened near Avenue N on June 23, 2025, according to police accounts reported by the Daily News. Official records list the fatal victim as a 17-year-old male moped driver and say one other motorist was injured. The official crash record cites improper passing or lane use, and the moped record also lists unsafe speed. The Daily News reported that EMS took Puga and his passenger to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition, where Puga later died. The paper reported that the driver of the sedan stayed at the scene and was not injured, and that police made no arrests while the NYPD Highway District Collision Squad investigated. The official record and the news account disagree on the sedan driver's sex.
Northbound moped trip ended in a fatal crash
Police told the Daily News that Jhoan Puga was riding a gas moped north on East 8th Street in Midwood with a passenger on the back when he collided with a sedan driver making a left turn off East 8th Street, then crashed into an unoccupied Honda Odyssey. The article reported that both Puga and his passenger were thrown from the moped and suffered body trauma.
City crash data recorded the collision at East 8th Street and Avenue N at 1:56 p.m. on June 23, 2025. The record lists one person killed and one person injured, both motorists.
The teen driver died; his passenger survived the initial crash
The Daily News identified the teen who died as Jhoan Puga, 17. Official records list the fatal victim as a 17-year-old male driver on the moped.
The Daily News reported that EMS took Puga and his passenger to Maimonides Medical Center in critical condition. Puga later died at the hospital, while the passenger remained critically injured in the article's account.
Records and press accounts differ on the sedan driver
The official crash record lists a 2024 Zhilong moped traveling north and going straight ahead, a 2023 sedan traveling north and making a left turn, and a parked 2024 Honda SUV. The moped had two occupants; the sedan had one occupant; the parked SUV had none.
The Daily News described the sedan as a Genesis G80 and said a 71-year-old man was operating it. The official record lists the sedan driver as female and licensed in New York. The article reported that the sedan driver stayed at the scene and was not injured.
Police investigation continued after the crash
The Daily News reported that police made no arrests and that the NYPD Highway District Collision Squad was investigating.
Where
E 8th St & Avenue N, Brooklyn