A 61-year-old man riding an e‑bike through Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge died after striking a fallen tree branch on a bike path, police said.
According to officers, the rider hit the downed limb on May 29, was thrown from his bike and suffered a severe head injury. First responders rushed him to NYU Langone Hospital, where he died on June 5.
Police records and local collision logs indicate the crash happened on the greenway behind Owl’s Head Park, near Shore Road and 68th Street, when the e‑bike struck a fallen bough and the rider was knocked unconscious, according to Crash Count. Medics treated him at the scene before transporting him to the hospital…