Baltimore police investigate deadly SUV crash that killed scooter rider in Broadway East

A 19-year-old scooter rider died after an SUV struck him on the 1700 block of North Washington Street in Broadway East, turning a June afternoon in East Baltimore into a fatal street-safety case. Baltimore police said officers were called around 2:30 p.m. on June 20 and found the crash involving a scooter and an SUV.

Police have not said what caused the collision, who was driving the SUV, or whether speed, visibility or right-of-way played a role. Those unanswered questions matter on a corridor where people on scooters and bikes share the road with heavier vehicles and depend on street design to make routine trips safer.

Baltimore Police said vehicle-related crashes are investigated under Maryland law and Policy 905 on traffic crash investigation and reporting. Accident reports can be requested through the department’s report-request process, and the public crime map is updated regularly as investigations continue and records are revised.

The fatal crash also lands in a city public-safety conversation still dominated by gun violence. In a 2025 mid-year update, the department said homicides fell 22% and non-fatal shootings fell 19%, a separate set of numbers that does not measure the risks people face when they leave a car behind and travel by scooter.

For Broadway East, the next answers will come from crash reconstruction, scene evidence and the police review that follows. Until then, the death on North Washington Street stands as another reminder that street safety in Baltimore is not only about crime counts, but about whether the city’s roadways protect the people moving through them.