Recent severe crashes

1. Fatal crash: Harlem River Drive, Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY 2026-07-10T16:00:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   Press reports indicate a fatal traffic crash at Harlem River Drive, Washington Heights, Manhattan, NY on 2026-07-10.
   This event is awaiting a matching NYC Open Data collision record. CrashCount will merge it with the police record if one appears.
2. 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.
3. Teen passenger dies after moped operator loses control in Sunset Park 2026-07-01T01:29:00+00:00
   Brooklyn
   Police said a 17-year-old boy operating a moped lost control on a Bush Terminal Park jetty, and a teen passenger died after being thrown to the ground.
   Police said a 17-year-old boy was operating a ZNEN moped on a jetty in Bush Terminal Park near First Avenue and 47th Street in Sunset Park at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday when he lost control. A teen riding as a passenger was thrown from the moped, suffered a severe head injury, and died after medics took him to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. The operator was not hurt, and police were still working to identify the passenger the next day.
4. 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.
5. Fatal crash: East 225th Street and White Plains Road, Bronx, NY 2026-06-29T18:30:00+00:00
   Bronx
   Press reports indicate a fatal traffic crash at East 225th Street and White Plains Road, Bronx, NY on 2026-06-29.
   This event is awaiting a matching NYC Open Data collision record. CrashCount will merge it with the police record if one appears.