Recent severe crashes

1. 51-Year-Old Driver Dies After Sudden Illness 2025-07-02T19:08:00+00:00
   CROSS ISLAND PKWY
   A 51-year-old SUV driver on Cross Island Parkway suffered a medical episode and crashed near Bell Blvd. He died at the scene. According to police, no one else was hurt.
   According to the police report, a 51-year-old man driving a Lexus SUV south on Cross Island Parkway near Bell Blvd crashed after suffering an illness. He was recorded as killed in the crash. The report lists illness as the contributing factor and notes impact and damage at the right front bumper. No other people or vehicles were listed in the collision record.
2. Driver Hits 78-Year-Old Woman on Northern Blvd 2025-03-14T21:38:00+00:00
   NORTHERN BLVD
   A driver in an SUV hit a 78-year-old woman crossing Northern Blvd near Parsons Blvd on a dark Friday night. Police say she died there in the street.
   According to the police report, a driver in an SUV traveling west on Northern Blvd near Parsons Blvd in Queens hit a 78-year-old woman who was crossing the wide arterial at night, away from a crosswalk or signal. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction. The impact caused fatal injuries to the pedestrian, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
3. Speeding driver crushes two women in SUV 2025-12-01T17:00:00+00:00
   45 AVE
   On 45th Avenue at 162nd Street, a westbound driver merged at unsafe speed into a turning SUV. The impact crushed the 57-year-old woman driving and her 45-year-old front passenger, injuring both across their bodies.
   According to the police report, two Hondas collided at 45th Avenue and 162nd Street in Queens around 5 p.m. A male driver in a 2015 Honda sedan headed west and merged. A 57-year-old woman driving a 2017 Honda SUV, also westbound, was making a left turn when the sedan’s front left hit the SUV’s front right. Police recorded unsafe speed as a contributing factor. The SUV driver and her 45-year-old front passenger suffered crush injuries to their entire bodies.
4. Queens SUV driver fails right, crushes couple 2025-11-24T15:45:00+00:00
   KISSENA BLVD
   A 55-year-old SUV driver turned right from Kissena onto Rose and hit a 68-year-old man and 63-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Police recorded Failure to Keep Right as both pedestrians suffered crush injuries to their bodies.
   A 55-year-old man driving a 2018 Toyota SUV north on Kissena Boulevard turned right onto Rose Avenue around 3:45 p.m. and hit a 68-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman in the intersection. Both were recorded as pedestrians crossing with the signal and suffered crush injuries to their entire bodies. According to the police report, officers listed Failure to Keep Right as a contributing factor. The crash occurred in afternoon daylight in Queens.
5. Driver hits Queens woman in crosswalk 2025-11-17T16:00:00+00:00
   PARSONS BLVD
   A driver hit a 44-year-old woman crossing with the signal at Parsons Boulevard and 45th Avenue in Queens. Her arm was crushed while she followed the light and the driver rolled through her right to be there.
   According to the police report, a driver hit a 44-year-old woman who was crossing with the signal at Parsons Boulevard and 45th Avenue in Queens on a Monday afternoon. She was walking in the intersection when the impact caused crush injuries to her elbow and lower arm. Police recorded that she was conscious at the scene and listed no contributing factors for the driver.