NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police launched an investigation after a man was killed while riding a motorized scooter on a Brooklyn street early Friday, authorities said.
At around 2 a.m. on October 15, officials responded to a 911 call of a single motor vehicle collision in the front of 911 New York Avenue in Flatbush, officials said.
Upon arrival, officers discovered a 29-year-old man, unconscious and unresponsive, lying on the roadway with severe head trauma.
EMS transported the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Kings County where he was pronounced dead.
Further investigation by the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad determined the man was operating a motorized scooter, without a helmet.
While traveling northbound on New York Avenue on the sidewalk he collided with a gate, before falling to the ground where he came to a rest, officials said.
The identity of the deceased is pending proper family notification.