STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A 58-year-old man from the Bronx died after he was struck by an e-scooter while crossing a busy street on Staten Island, according to police.
Jose Luis Gomez-Guallazaca was crossing Targee Street near Pierce Street in Concord, a couple of blocks from the Staten Island Expressway, when he was struck at about 7:40 p.m. on Saturday, according to a statement from the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Public Information.
A preliminary investigation by the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad determined that Gomez-Guallazaca was crossing Targee Street outside of the marked crosswalk when he and an electric scooter operated by a 25-year-old man collided in the vicinity of a marked bicycle lane, according to the police statement…