A 24-year-old Mount Vernon man was arrested within minutes of crashing his moped into an NYPD officer at a busy Wakefield intersection Thursday evening, police say. Mouhamet Kane now faces a reckless endangerment charge after the officer, who was crossing the street to respond to a physical fight, suffered injuries in the collision.
According to News 12 Westchester, Kane was taken into custody Thursday evening just minutes after the crash at East 228th Street and White Plains Road. Police say Kane blew through a red light and hit the officer, who had the right of way while crossing the street toward a reported fight nearby. DailyVoice reported that Kane was taken into custody without further incident following the crash.
Officer Taken To Hospital With Minor Injuries
The officer suffered minor injuries in the crash and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, per the same police account relayed by the station. Kane was identified by police as the moped rider involved in the collision. He now faces a single charge of reckless endangerment stemming from the incident.
Under New York law, a person is guilty of reckless endangerment in the second degree when they recklessly engage in conduct that creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person, according to the New York State Senate's codified statute. No court docket, arraignment date or additional charges have been made public in connection with the case.
Moped And E-Bike Crashes Remain Hard To Track Citywide
The collision adds to a broader citywide picture that city officials themselves describe as incomplete. A safety presentation posted by the New York City government notes that the roughly 50,000 total yearly injuries recorded across the city represent a very large undercount, since most such events are minor and never reported to the NYPD.
Part of the difficulty comes from how these vehicles get grouped together in official data. The city's Department of Transportation lumps e-bikes, mopeds, off-road vehicles, motorcycles and stand-up scooters into a single motorized two-wheeler category, the agency's bicycle crash data report explains. A separate analysis from the city comptroller's office found that Crash Mapper NYC, an independent source built on NYPD data, can approximate pedestrian injuries involving e-bikes, scooters or mopeds but cannot distinguish one vehicle type from another in its figures.
That ambiguity has made it difficult for outside observers to track moped-specific crash trends with precision, even as incidents like Thursday's draw local attention. No official NYPD statement or incident report beyond the local television account has been made public, and the allegation that Kane ran the red light has not been independently verified beyond that police account.
