Bronx Driver Dies After Manhattan Expressway Median Crash
A 60-year-old driver was killed in the March 23 crash recorded at the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and Amsterdam Avenue, and police told News 12 that Jose Soriano lost control on an eastbound ramp and hit the center median.
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What We Know
In the early hours of March 23, 2026, the city recorded a fatal crash at the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and Amsterdam Avenue. News 12 reported that police identified the driver as Jose Soriano, 60, of the Bronx, and said he was traveling eastbound on a ramp when he lost control and hit the center median. The city record lists one person killed, a male driver who was the only occupant recorded in a sedan, and no other injuries. Police said Soriano was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where he was pronounced dead; News 12 reported that the cause of his loss of control had not immediately been determined.
Police said the driver lost control on an eastbound ramp
The city record lists the crash at 3:45 a.m. on March 23, 2026, at the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and Amsterdam Avenue, with one motorist killed and no other injuries recorded.
News 12 reported that police identified the driver as Jose Soriano, a 60-year-old Bronx man, and said he was traveling eastbound when he lost control and hit the center median on the ramp.
The crash was recorded at the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and Amsterdam Avenue
City records place the crash at the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and Amsterdam Avenue. News 12 described the police account as an eastbound ramp crash along the expressway.
Jose Soriano died after being taken to Harlem Hospital
News 12 reported that police identified the driver as Jose Soriano, 60, of the Bronx. The city record describes the person killed as a 60-year-old male driver and the only occupant recorded in the sedan.
Police said Soriano was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, where he was pronounced dead.
Police had not reported why Soriano lost control
News 12 reported that it was not immediately clear what caused Soriano to lose control.