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A view of the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 204th Street in Queens, where a moped rider died after crashing into an SUV.<\/p>\n
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A 40-year-old male moped rider died after crashing into a turning SUV in Queens<\/a> on Monday night, the NYPD announced on Tuesday.\n<\/p>\n Cops arrived at the scene at roughly 10:30 p.m. on Dec. 29 in response to a 911 call reporting the collision at the intersection of 204th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Hollis, within the NYPD\u2019s 103rd Precinct<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The rider of the 2024 Zhejiang Jiajue gas-powered moped, whose identity cops are withholding, was traveling eastbound on Jamaica Avenue toward the intersection with 204th Street, according to a review by the NYPD Highway District\u2019s Collision Investigation Squad.<\/p>\n At the same time, the 23-year-old female driver of the SUV \u2014 a 2021 Honda CR-V \u2014 was going northbound on 204th Street toward the same intersection.\n<\/p>\n Cops said that as the SUV driver began making a left turn on a green light to go west on Jamaica Avenue, the moped driver slammed into her vehicle. The moped rider continued to go east on Jamaica Avenue until he hit a fire hydrant.<\/p>\n Emergency services personnel rushed the moped operator to North Shore University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The SUV driver remained at the scene.\n<\/p>\n Police have not made an arrest and continue to investigate the incident.\n<\/p>\n There have been two other crashes at the same intersection that left two people injured over the past 12 months, according to Crashmapper<\/a>.<\/p>\n \t