Sedan driver fatally hits pedestrian on 25 Avenue in Astoria
On May 13, 2026, a driver in a westbound 2003 Honda Civic on 25 Avenue in Astoria fatally hit 59-year-old pedestrian Hon Cuong Quach; police told Accident Injury News the driver reportedly had an acute medical emergency and remained at the scene.
What We Know
A driver in a 2003 Honda Civic was traveling west on 25 Avenue in Astoria on May 13, 2026, when the driver hit 59-year-old pedestrian Hon Cuong Quach and several parked vehicles, according to the city crash record and Accident Injury News. The city record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor and says the driver had been starting from parking. Accident Injury News, citing police, reported that the driver lost control after an acute medical emergency, left the roadway and hit Quach near the crossing. Emergency responders aided Quach at the scene and took him to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with officers; no charges had been announced in the article.
A driver left the roadway on 25 Avenue
The city crash record says the collision happened at 3:32 p.m. on May 13, 2026, on 25 Avenue in Astoria. It lists one pedestrian killed and no other injuries.
Accident Injury News, citing the New York Police Department, reported that the driver was westbound when the driver lost control after an acute medical emergency, left the roadway and hit Hon Cuong Quach and several parked vehicles.
The crash was reported near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
The official record places the fatal crash on 25 Avenue. Accident Injury News described the location as a few blocks west of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Astoria, near the 25 Avenue crossing.
Hon Cuong Quach died after the crash
The pedestrian killed was Hon Cuong Quach, 59. Accident Injury News reported that emergency responders treated him at the scene and took him to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Records point to different explanations
The city crash record lists driver inexperience as a contributing factor. Accident Injury News reported a different account from police: the driver reportedly experienced an acute medical emergency before losing control.
Those accounts do not match exactly, and the article said the investigation was continuing.