Kapur was riding on the back of a Revel rental scooter that a 26-year-old man was driving when he “strayed for an unknown reason” Saturday night in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, according to New York Police spokeswoman Denise Moroney. .
Kapur and the driver fell onto the road, and while the driver suffered minor injuries, Kapur was transported to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The investigation is ongoing, Moroney said. They also did not wear helmets.
Like electric scooter rentals that have popped up across the country, people can use a Revel moped by simply downloading an app and unlocking the nearest one for $ 1. They’re currently available in New York, Austin, Texas, Miami, Oakland , California and Washington DC Anyone over the age of 21 and with a valid license can drive one.
In a statement to CNN, a Revel spokesperson said the company was “actively investigating this incident” and that it was also working with New York police on its investigation.
“Revel extends his deepest condolences to Nina Kapur’s family and loved ones for her loss,” the spokesperson added.
Before Kapur joined CBS New York as an on-air reporter, she had worked on News 12 in Connecticut.
Her fellow journalists went to Twitter to remember her.
“@NinaKapur was lively and had big plans for the future. Fun, fashionable, and often the first person to receive a photo on social media,” wrote Suzanne Goldklang of News12.
Kapur graduated in 2016 from Syracuse University’s digital and broadcast journalism program.
Barbara Fought, an adviser to the Kapur faculty and one of her teachers, described the young journalist as “a bright light, a very positive person, with a contagious smile,” according to an email from Mark Lodato, dean of the school of public communications of the university. sent to faculty and staff.
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