What Happened
David Anthony De Jesus, 23, of Roslyn, was killed Wednesday evening when the electric scooter he was riding collided with a 2023 Jeep Wrangler in Glen Cove. The Nassau County Police Department placed the crash at 7:22 p.m. on August 19, 2026. The Homicide Squad responded to investigate the fatal vehicular accident.
De Jesus was operating the e-scooter when it struck the Jeep, according to Nassau County Police. News 12 Long Island reported the collision around 7:30 p.m., consistent with the official 7:22 p.m. dispatch time. The eight-minute difference reflects the gap between the initial 911 call log and News 12’s broadcast timestamp.
The specific street location within Glen Cove has not been confirmed in the public records released by police. The driver of the 2023 Jeep Wrangler has not been identified by name in either the department press release or in the News 12 report. No injuries to the Jeep’s occupants have been reported.
Police have not publicly disclosed De Jesus’s direction of travel, the posted speed limit at the collision point, weather conditions at the time, or whether any traffic control devices were present. Those details remain part of the active Homicide Squad inquiry.
Location & Road Context
Glen Cove is a city on the North Shore of Nassau County, bordered by the Long Island Sound. Its road network includes a mix of municipal streets and Nassau County routes; the city’s compact downtown and residential grid see regular pedestrian and micro-mobility traffic. The Nassau County incident database contains 1,083 recorded accidents across the county; e-scooter fatalities remain a distinct subset as electric micro-mobility use has grown on North Shore roads.
New York State classifies electric scooters under Vehicle and Traffic Law § 114-d and § 1289-cc through § 1289-nn, which set a maximum assisted speed of 20 mph and require operators to follow traffic laws applicable to bicycles on roadways. Glen Cove’s street grid includes multiple sections without dedicated bike or scooter infrastructure, placing e-scooter riders in direct conflict with motor vehicle traffic.
Investigation & Legal Proceedings
The Nassau County Police Department Homicide Squad is leading the investigation, per the department’s official press release. Assignment of a homicide unit to a traffic fatality is standard NCPD procedure and does not by itself indicate criminal intent by any party. No charges have been filed and no arrests have been announced.
Police have not publicly confirmed whether speed, impairment, or a traffic violation contributed to the crash. The investigation is at an early stage; any charges or findings would follow the squad’s reconstruction of the collision.
Broader Impact
Nassau County has recorded multiple serious crashes in the 24-hour window surrounding this fatality, including a moderate-severity incident on NY 135 on August 19 and a tanker rollover near the Nassau County line in Rosedale the same evening. The Glen Cove fatality is the only confirmed e-scooter death in the county’s current incident log. Under New York VTL § 1289-nn, e-scooter operators killed while not wearing a helmet may affect civil liability determinations; police have not stated whether De Jesus was helmeted at the time of the crash.
Updates
- Aug 20, 2026: Additional reporting merged into this article: “E-Scooter Rider Killed In Car Crash In Glen Cove, Police Say” (source)
- Aug 20, 2026: Additional reporting merged into this article: “E-scooter rider killed in Glen Cove crash” (source)
- Aug 21, 2026: Additional reporting merged into this article: “Glen Cove and Nassau County Police investigate fatal e-scooter collision” (source)
- Aug 20, 2026: Additional reporting merged into this article: “E-Scooter Rider Killed in Crash in Glen Cove” (source)