A Thursday morning commute on the Queensboro Bridge ended in tragedy when Francis Delball, 39, riding an illegal electric scooter capable of hitting 50 miles per hour, collided head-on with cyclist Dmytro Stechenko, 35, killing both men and sending shockwaves through New York City’s cycling community.
The crash happened around 8:30 a.m. Delball was riding his Blade GT II scooter uphill from Queens when he struck Stechenko, who was traveling downhill into Queens on a carbon-fiber Factor road bike.
Emergency responders transported both men to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, where they were later pronounced dead. The NYPD has not officially confirmed the victims’ names, though a police source identified the two men.
Witness Describes Horrific Scene as Nearly 100 People Watched
Kurt Freyer, a regular Queensboro Bridge commuter who bikes across four days a week, arrived just moments after the collision. What he witnessed left him shaken…