Passenger killed after Bronx driver loses control near backhoe

A late-night crash on East 233rd Street

The official record places the crash at 10:29 p.m. on March 13, 2026, at East 233rd Street and Provost Avenue in the Bronx. It records one motorist killed and two motorists injured.

The Daily News reported that Mohamed Salim, 44, was riding in the front passenger seat of a 2017 Toyota Highlander when the 24-year-old driver lost control near a parked backhoe.

Mohamed Salim was steps from his business

Salim’s mother, Bibi Salim, told the Daily News that her son died during Ramadan and said she would do charity in his honor.

Three people were in the Highlander

The official vehicle record lists a 2017 Toyota SUV traveling west and going straight ahead before the crash, with three occupants inside. The front-end damage was recorded at the center, left front bumper and right front bumper.

The Daily News identified the SUV as a 2017 Toyota Highlander and reported that Salim was riding shotgun. Police told the paper the driver and another 44-year-old man in the back seat were taken to Jacobi Hospital and were expected to survive.

Speed and the parked equipment are central to the record and the family’s account

The official crash record lists unsafe speed as a contributing factor.

Salim’s father, Jidat Kondayya, told the Daily News that a city sanitation front-end loader had been left near the shop for more than two weeks, with cones around it, and he alleged it had been double-parked in the street.

Rescue and hospital response

Kondayya told the Daily News that firefighters had to cut the doors off to get people out. Medics took Salim to Jacobi Hospital, where he could not be saved, the paper reported.

The Daily News reported that the driver and the rear-seat passenger were also taken to Jacobi Hospital and were expected to survive.