NYC: 24y/o Woman Killed in scooter crash

Jul 5th, 2006 | by Neil Barton | Posted in scooters | Comments Off

From the Daily News:

A 24-year-old woman was killed yesterday after she went flying off of her Vespa scooter and slammed into a tree in Queens, police said.

The woman, whose name was not released by cops, was heading eastbound on Queens Blvd. with a male friend when she lost control of the Vespa near 66th St. in Elmhurst and was ejected about 3:25 a.m., cops said.

She was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital Center, where she was pronounced dead at 5 p.m., cops said.

The cause of the crash was unclear, police said. The woman’s male companion was treated at Elmhurst for neck and back injuries, they added.

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