Subaru driver stayed after fatal Bronx motorcycle crash
A 30-year-old driver stayed at the scene after a motorcycle crash near Broadway and West 261st Street in which Douglas L. Smith, 45, later died, News 12 reported.
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What We Know
A 30-year-old man was behind the wheel of a 2018 Subaru Outback when Douglas L. Smith, 45, of Yonkers, collided with the car's right side near Broadway and West 261st Street, News 12 reported; the driver stayed at the scene. Smith was riding a 2007 Honda motorcycle around 1 a.m., and police said the impact threw him onto the pavement. Paramedics took him to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he died. News 12 said no charges had been filed by Thursday evening.
The collision and Smith's injuries
News 12 reported that Smith was riding a 2007 Honda motorcycle around 1 a.m. when he collided with the right side of a 2018 Subaru Outback. Police said the impact threw him off the motorcycle and onto the pavement.
Emergency personnel found Smith with major trauma, according to investigators. Paramedics took him to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he died. News 12 identified him as a 45-year-old Yonkers resident.
Near Broadway and West 261st Street
News 12 placed the crash near Broadway and West 261st Street in Riverdale, in the Bronx, and reported the time as around 1 a.m.
News 12's October 1, 2026, report described the crash as happening early Thursday morning. The incident date of October 1 is inferred from that publication-relative account, not stated as an explicit crash date.
The Subaru driver stayed at the scene
Detectives said a 30-year-old man was behind the wheel of the Subaru and stayed at the scene, according to News 12. The report said no charges had been filed as of Thursday evening.