Two men died in a head-on collision on the Queensboro Bridge involving a motorized stand-up scooter and a bicycle. Police said they received a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m. reporting the crash in the bridge’s bike lane. A preliminary investigation found the 39-year-old scooter operator was traveling westbound and struck a 35-year-old bicyclist traveling eastbound. EMS transported both men to New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital, where they were pronounced dead. The NYPD’s Collision Investigation Squad is leading the investigation. The crash occurred about a year after the bridge opened newly separated pedestrian and cyclist paths, converting the north outer roadway into a bike-only path.
"Police responded to a 911 call just after 8 a.m. reporting the crash in the bridge's bike lane, authorities said. A preliminary investigation found that a 39-year-old man operating a motorized stand-up scooter was traveling westbound when he struck a 35-year-old man riding a bicycle eastbound, police said."
"EMS rushed both men to New York-Presbyterian Queens hospital, where they were pronounced dead, according to police. The NYPD's Collision Investigation Squad is leading the inquiry."
"The fatal collision comes a year after the Queensboro Bridge's newly separated pedestrian and cyclist paths officially opened. The redesign, the result of years of advocacy by street safety activists, converted the bridge's north outer roadway, previously an 11-foot lane shared by pedestrians and cyclists, into a bike-only path."
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