Fatal crash

Driver dies after tree collision on South Conduit Avenue.

Shapiro Lecorps, 52, died after a collision with a tree, QNS reported, in a crash officially recorded at South Conduit Avenue and 247th Street at 1:19 a.m. on June 27, 2026.

Location reported in Open Data.

1fatality
June 27, 2026date
1:19 a.m.time

What We Know

Police identified the driver as Shapiro Lecorps, a Richmond Hill native living in Malverne, QNS reported. The official record places the collision at South Conduit Avenue and 247th Street on June 27, 2026, at 1:19 a.m. and records one death. QNS reported that Lecorps was driving east before the collision and was later pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.

An eastbound trip ended at a tree.

QNS reported, citing police, that Lecorps was driving east on South Conduit Avenue before colliding with a tree near 247th Street in Rosedale. Police responded around 1:20 a.m.; the official record gives the collision time as 1:19 a.m.

EMS took Lecorps to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, according to QNS. The official record counts one motorist death and no other injuries.

Lecorps had roots in Richmond Hill.

Police identified the driver as 52-year-old Shapiro Lecorps, QNS reported. He was a Richmond Hill native who lived on Elm Street in Malverne, in Nassau County.

The sources differ on the Honda model.

The official vehicle record identifies a 2020 Honda Passport with one occupant, the driver. QNS and Hoodline instead describe the vehicle Lecorps was driving as a gray 2020 Honda Pilot.

Police continued investigating.

QNS reported that the NYPD Highway District's Collision Investigation Squad was investigating and that no arrests had been made.

Where

S CONDUIT AVE and 247 ST

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Press Articles

  1. QNS · July 1, 2026 · context
  2. hoodline.com · context

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