{"id":103018,"date":"2026-01-17T04:02:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103018\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:02:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T04:02:30","slug":"man-killed-riding-illegal-electric-bike-in-crash-outside-un-in-manhattan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103018\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed riding illegal electric bike in crash outside UN in Manhattan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man was killed riding an illegal, high-speed electric bicycle after crashing into a barrier outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/1st+Ave+%26+E+45th+St,+New+York,+NY+10017\/@40.7449118,-73.9806858,3553m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c2591d00e4d7dd:0x2b9990bcad43bbb8!8m2!3d40.7507763!4d-73.9683975!16s%2Fg%2F11f38v_lst?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDExMy4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA3M0gBUAM%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations Headquarters<\/a> in Manhattan, cops said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Galindo, 32, was riding his E-bike heading north along the First Ave. bike lane when he lost control and collided with a barrier near E. 45th St in Midtown around 10:03 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Galindo suffered a severe head injury in the crash. Medics rushed him to Bellevue Hospital, where he died, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Galindo\u2019s bike, a <a href=\"https:\/\/electricrideco.com\/products\/happyrun-g100-pro-electric-bike?currency=USD&amp;variant=46457794560238&amp;stkn=d912c33ded91&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21882732224&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoh1eFgYUm04E9gVXD93eSKhRTWFz&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4KfLBhB0EiwAUY7GAWP0k7dKfNu1cWerY7vyfLD3gwqRJvghLLuLXiMyGgMmvjAbMAvy_BoCLgkQAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HappyRun G100 Pro Electric Bicycle,<\/a> is capable of reaching speeds of 50 mph, according to law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>E-bikes, E-scooters and pedal-assist bicycles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/html\/dot\/html\/bicyclists\/ebikes.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are not allowed to exceed 15 mph on city streets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An NYPD spokesman could not immediately say why Galindo\u2019s bike was not street legal.<\/p>\n<p>Galindo resided in the Elmhurst section of Queens, said police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man was killed riding an illegal, high-speed electric bicycle after crashing into a barrier outside the United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-103018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}