Man dies after guardrail collision on Major Deegan.
Shah Ahsan Ardi, 24, was traveling north on the Major Deegan Expressway when he struck a guardrail around 4:20 a.m., News 12 reported; the Daily News's Oct. 5 report says the crash occurred Saturday, so Oct. 3, 2026 is inferred.
Location reported in Open Data.
What We Know
News 12 reported investigators said Ardi lost control while traveling north and struck a guardrail; the account says the impact threw him from the bike and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. ABC7 also placed the crash on the Major Deegan but described the vehicle only as two-wheeled; the Daily News named a 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500. The Daily News's Oct. 5 report says the crash occurred Saturday, so Oct. 3, 2026 is inferred from that report.
Police accounts describe the guardrail collision.
News 12 reported that investigators said Ardi lost control while traveling north and struck a guardrail. ABC7 separately reported that investigators said he struck a guardrail while traveling north. News 12 said the impact threw him from the bike and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Reports differ on the expressway location.
All three reports place the crash on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. ABC7 placed it near Exit 5 in Highbridge; News 12 placed it near the Macombs Dam Bridge, and the Daily News described Ardi as approaching the bridge. Reports put the time at about 4:20 a.m.
Ardi lived in Wakefield and worked in IT.
News 12 identified Shah Ahsan Ardi as 24 and from Wakefield. The Daily News reported, citing a Muslim American group's social media post, that he worked as an IT engineer and was on his way home from work.
Reports use different terms for Ardi and the vehicle.
ABC7 described Ardi as the driver of a two-wheeled vehicle. News 12 described him as riding a motorcycle, and the Daily News called him a motorcyclist and identified the motorcycle as a 2024 Kawasaki Ninja 500.
Investigators closed northbound lanes.
News 12 reported that all northbound lanes near the Macombs Dam Bridge were closed for about four hours while the NYPD Collision Investigation Squad investigated. The lanes reopened around 9 a.m.