Recent severe crashes

1. Box truck driver turned; motorcyclist died in Woodside 2026-07-02T11:45:00+00:00
   Queens
   Police said a 57-year-old box truck driver turned right at Roosevelt Avenue and 64th Street, where a 25-year-old motorcyclist died after the crash.
   Police said the box truck driver and the motorcycle rider were both traveling west on Roosevelt Avenue in Woodside at about 7:45 a.m. when the driver turned right onto 64th Street. The Daily News reported that video showed the truck driver first moving left toward the middle of Roosevelt Avenue, then cutting right for the turn, as the rider hit the passenger side and was thrown from his Kawasaki motorcycle. The 25-year-old rider died at the scene. The 57-year-old driver remained there, and police had made no arrests as of the Daily News report. A police source told the paper investigators were looking at whether the rider had been traveling between lanes.
2. Bus Driver Sideswiped Sedan Before Fatal LIE Rollover 2026-06-30T03:45:00+00:00
   Queens
   Police said a coach bus driver sideswiped a Honda near Exit 16 on the Long Island Expressway, leading to a rollover that left him and Moad Farid Mohd Obaidat dead.
   Police told the Daily News that a 35-year-old coach bus driver was carrying a JFK Airport flight crew west on the Long Island Expressway in Sunnyside late Monday when he sideswiped a Honda Accord near Exit 16 at Greenpoint Avenue. The force of the crash sent the coach bus over the median into the eastbound lanes, where two more vehicles became involved. The bus driver and Moad Farid Mohd Obaidat, 42, a Royal Jordanian Airlines employee, died at the scene. Medics took 19 other people to hospitals, including other bus passengers and the drivers of the four other vehicles involved.
3. Teen Scooter Passenger Dies After Queens Dooring Dodge 2026-06-29T16:35:00+00:00
   Queens
   A 13-year-old scooter driver swerved after another motorist opened a parked car door in Flushing, and his 13-year-old passenger died, police said.
4. Driver dies after hitting tree in Rosedale 2026-06-27T05:20:00+00:00
   Queens
   Police said Shapiro Lecorps was driving east on South Conduit Avenue when he hit a tree in Rosedale and later died.
   Police said Shapiro Lecorps, 52, was driving a 2020 gray Honda Pilot east on South Conduit Avenue near 247th Street at about 1:20 a.m. on June 27 when he failed to navigate the roadway and hit a tree. EMS took him to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. The NYPD identified Lecorps as a Richmond Hill native who lived in Malverne. Police said there had been no arrests and the Collision Investigation Squad was still investigating.
5. Driver Fatally Hit Queens Hospital Worker in Astoria Crosswalk 2026-06-15T01:05:00+00:00
   Queens
   A 58-year-old driver in a Chevrolet Malibu fatally hit Jihang Ortega as she crossed 38th Street after a hospital shift, the Daily News reported.
   Jihang Ortega, 55, was walking home from a 13-hour shift at Flushing Hospital when a southbound driver in a Chevrolet Malibu hit her in the crosswalk at 38th Street and 34th Avenue in Astoria, according to the Daily News. Medics took Ortega to Elmhurst Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The driver, a 58-year-old woman, remained at the scene and was not charged with a crime as the investigation continued.