Two teens were killed in Queens when the moped they were riding slammed into a wall on the Cross Island Parkway, police said.
A 15-year-old and his 19-year-old female passenger crashed around 2 a.m. Saturday on the southbound Cross Island Parkway near 150th Street, authorities said.
The woman was pronounced dead at the scene, said authorities, who added that the younger teen went by private means to Flushing Hospital Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.
EMS pronounced the 19-year-old woman dead at the scene. Seth Gottfried
The 15-year-old moped operator “failed to navigate the roadway and hit the wall,” an NYPD spokesman said. Seth Gottfried
The 15-year-old was pronounced dead at Flushing Hospital Medical Center. Seth GottfriedThe 15-year-old “failed to navigate the roadway and hit the wall,” an NYPD spokesman said.
Who took the 15-year-old to the hospital and whether they could have helped the fatally injured 19-year-old woman is “still under investigation,” the spokesman said. There have been no arrests.
