Recent severe crashes

1. Motorcyclist Dies After Barrier Impact on FDR Drive 2026-08-30T06:20:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   Police said Hasan Ibrahim, 25, was riding south on the FDR Drive when he hit a concrete barrier near the Brooklyn Bridge exit and later died.
   Hasan Ibrahim, a 25-year-old Brooklyn resident, died after an early-morning crash on the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive in Lower Manhattan. NYPD investigators said Ibrahim was riding a Honda CBR500R southbound at about 2:20 a.m. near the Brooklyn Bridge exit when he hit a concrete barrier. Emergency medical personnel took him to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue in critical condition, and he was later pronounced dead.
2. Cadillac Driver Fatally Hits Nurse in Sunset Park Hit-and-Run 2026-08-29T11:30:00+00:00
   Brooklyn
   A driver in a Cadillac fatally hit 28-year-old nurse Jiayi Zheng as she crossed Third Avenue at 55th Street after an overnight shift, then left the scene.
   Press accounts citing police say a driver in a 2014 Cadillac sedan was traveling south on Third Avenue around 7:35 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2026, when the driver hit Jiayi Zheng at 55th Street in Sunset Park. Zheng, a 28-year-old nurse at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, had just finished an overnight shift and was taken back to that hospital, where she died. Several outlets reported that surveillance video showed a speeding driver and that the driver did not remain at the scene. Police had made no arrest in the initial days after the crash, while advocates and city officials renewed calls to redesign Third Avenue beneath the expressway.
3. Hit-and-run driver fatally injures nurse in Sunset Park 2026-08-29T11:30:00+00:00
   Brooklyn
   A hit-and-run driver in a Cadillac fatally hit a 28-year-old NYU Langone nurse as she crossed Third Avenue at 55th Street in Sunset Park.
   A driver in a Cadillac hit a 28-year-old woman in the crosswalk at 55th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park around 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 29, 2026, according to police accounts reported by local news outlets. News12 reported that surveillance video showed the driver speeding through the intersection and continuing down Third Avenue without appearing to slow. EMS took the woman to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn with severe head and body trauma, and she died there. Hospital sources told News12 she was a nurse who had just finished an overnight shift at the same hospital. Police said the driver did not stay at the scene, and reports said no arrest had been made that day.
4. Fatal crash: Belt Parkway and 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 2026-08-27T03:35:00+00:00
   Brooklyn
   Press reports indicate a fatal traffic crash at Belt Parkway and 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY on 2026-08-26.
   This event is awaiting a matching NYC Open Data collision record. CrashCount will merge it with the police record if one appears.
5. Fatal crash: Belt Parkway and 65th Street, Brooklyn, NY 2026-08-27T03:35:00+00:00
   Brooklyn
   Press reports indicate a fatal traffic crash at Belt Parkway and 65th Street, Brooklyn, NY on 2026-08-26.
   This event is awaiting a matching NYC Open Data collision record. CrashCount will merge it with the police record if one appears.