Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver Runs Light, Kills 65-Year-Old Cyclist 2025-07-29T18:06:00+00:00
   2 AVE
   Driver heading south on 2nd Ave blew a traffic control and hit a 65-year-old e-bike rider at East 15th Street. The unlicensed rider was thrown, left unconscious with head and crush injuries, and died from those wounds.
   A 2024 Nissan SUV driver traveling south on 2nd Avenue hit a 65-year-old man riding an e-bike at East 15th Street in Manhattan. According to the police report, both the SUV driver and the cyclist were recorded as disregarding traffic control. The impact ejected the rider, who was left unconscious with head and crush injuries. Police listed his injury severity as fatal.
2. Distracted Rider Dies in Solo FDR Crash 2025-07-24T03:48:00+00:00
   FDR DRIVE
   A 31-year-old motorcycle rider went down on the FDR overnight and never got back up. Police recorded driver inattention before he was ejected and suffered fatal crush injuries to his head.
   A 31-year-old man riding a 2023 Yamaha motorcycle north on the FDR Drive crashed overnight in Manhattan and died. According to the police report, the rider was ejected and suffered fatal crush injuries to his head. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. No other people were listed as injured.
3. Distracted Bus Driver Kills Man on 3rd 2025-06-16T05:28:00+00:00
   3 AVE
   A northbound bus driver hit and killed a 49-year-old man in the 3rd Avenue and E 28th Street intersection. Police recorded driver inattention as the cause.
   A 49-year-old man walking in the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 28th Street was killed when a northbound bus driver hit him with the bus’s right front bumper around 5:28 a.m. According to the police report, the pedestrian suffered crush injuries to his entire body. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction by the bus driver as the contributing factor in the fatal crash, which involved a large bus on a Manhattan avenue.
4. Taxi driver’s left turn crushes woman 2025-10-01T09:20:00+00:00
   E 28 ST
   Morning at E 28th and Madison: a 70-year-old taxi driver turned left and hit a 27-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Her lower leg was crushed in the intersection.
   At East 28th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan, a 70-year-old taxi driver turning left hit a 27-year-old woman who was crossing in the intersection with the signal. According to the police report, she sustained crush injuries to her knee and lower leg and was recorded as injured. The report notes center-front impact and no damage to the taxi.
5. Left‑turn driver crushes cyclist’s neck 2025-09-22T17:31:00+00:00
   E 30 ST
   At E 30th St and 2nd Ave, a left‑turning sedan driver hit a southbound cyclist. The 36‑year‑old rider reported crush injuries to his neck while staying conscious. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver.
   At East 30th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan, a driver in a Ford sedan making a left turn hit a southbound cyclist who was riding straight. According to the police report, the 36-year-old bicyclist reported crush injuries to his neck and remained conscious. Police recorded failure to yield by the driver. The crash occurred on a clear Monday afternoon and involved only the sedan and the bike.