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Angel Lopez 2 of 2
Case # :1152
Gender : Male
Age : 22
Race : Latinx
Date : 08/22/2022
Location : Queensboro Bridge Lower Roadway
City : Long Island
County :
State : New York
Agency : NYPD
Officer(s) :Niketas Janios, Marya Cardona Quintero
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
A police chase conducted by Officers Niketas Janios and Marya Cardona Quintero caused the ATV riders smashing their ATV into a Freightliner tractor trailer on the Queensboro Bridge Lower Roadway at around 1:40 a.m. Police escalated a chase until they hit the truck causing them to fall to the roadway.
The driver, Angel Lopez, 22, was then run over by the rear tire of the truck, causing severe head and body trauma.
The passenger, who has yet to be identified, sustained severe head and body trauma and was transported by EMS to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center where he later died.