Scooter Rider Dies After Morris Park Fall on Waters Place
A 64-year-old stand-up scooter rider was killed at Waters Place and Marconi Street on Jan. 15, after police said he entered oncoming traffic, failed to navigate traffic and was ejected.
What We Know
The crash was recorded at 10:51 a.m. Jan. 15 at Waters Place and Marconi Street in the Bronx. Police told Norwood News a 64-year-old man was driving a Lime stand-up electric scooter eastbound in the westbound lanes, into oncoming traffic, when he failed to navigate traffic, was ejected and suffered severe head trauma. News 12 reported that earlier police information said a driver in a car had hit him, but that further investigation found he fell after failing to navigate traffic; the same News 12 account also described him as traveling northbound and said he was hit. EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. Police reported no arrests and said the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate.
What police said happened on Waters Place
The official record places the fatal crash at 10:51 a.m. on Jan. 15 at Waters Place and Marconi Street. It records one person killed: a 64-year-old man who was the driver of a stand-up scooter.
Police told Norwood News the man was driving a Lime stand-up electric scooter eastbound in the westbound lanes, into oncoming traffic, when he failed to navigate traffic and was ejected. News 12 reported that police first said a driver in a car had hit him, but that further investigation found he fell after failing to navigate traffic; the News 12 account also described him as traveling northbound and said he was hit.
The crash happened on a Waters Place corridor with a recent injury history
The fatal crash happened at Waters Place and Marconi Street in the Morris Park area of the Bronx, near 1510 Waters Place, according to News 12.
CrashCountNYC's street history for Waters Place shows 96 crashes, 66 injuries, four serious injuries and one death from Jan. 1, 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The rider died at the scene
Police said the 64-year-old man suffered severe head trauma, and EMS pronounced him dead at the scene. Norwood News reported that police were withholding his identity pending family notification.
Police said the investigation continued
Police reported no arrests after the fatal crash. Norwood News reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad continued to investigate and that police asked anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.