Recent severe crashes

1. Driver Turns Through Bronx Crosswalk, Crushes Two 2025-07-09T00:00:00+00:00
   JEROME AVE
   An SUV driver turned right off Jerome Ave and hit a 51-year-old woman and a 46-year-old man walking with the signal. Both suffered whole-body crush injuries and severe lacerations in the overnight crosswalk crash.
   According to the police report, a male SUV driver making a right turn from Jerome Ave onto Edward L Grant Hwy overnight in the Bronx hit two pedestrians who were crossing with the signal. The 51-year-old woman and 46-year-old man both sustained severe lacerations, crush injuries, and other whole-body trauma. Police recorded alcohol involvement and driver inattention or distraction as contributing factors.
2. Distracted Audi Driver Slams Out on Jerome 2025-03-03T00:49:00+00:00
   JEROME AVE
   A 32-year-old Audi SUV driver veered on Jerome Ave near E 172 St just before 1 a.m. Police recorded outside-the-car distraction. The driver hit something head-on and walked away with head and crush injuries in the freezing dark.
   According to the police report, a 32-year-old man driving a 2024 Audi SUV north on Jerome Ave near E 172 St around 12:49 a.m. crashed after his attention shifted to something outside the vehicle. Police recorded outside-the-car distraction as a contributing factor. The right front of the SUV was damaged, the airbag deployed, and the driver suffered head and crush injuries while remaining conscious at the scene during below-freezing overnight conditions.
3. Bronx driver slams stopped e-bike 2025-12-07T01:55:00+00:00
   GRAND CONC
   A car driver on Grand Concourse followed too close and hit a stopped e-bike at East 172nd. The 22-year-old rider was thrown off and suffered a fractured, dislocated shoulder in the freezing night.
   According to the police report, a driver in a sedan going north on Grand Concourse hit a northbound e-bike that was stopped in traffic at East 172nd Street. Police recorded “Following Too Closely” as a contributing factor. The 22-year-old male rider was ejected and sustained a shoulder and upper arm fracture with dislocation in below-freezing overnight conditions.
4. Speeding Bronx driver slams parked SUV 2025-11-30T05:40:00+00:00
   1549 TOWNSEND AVE
   Before dawn on Townsend Avenue, a speeding sedan driver hit a parked SUV and left his own 28-year-old body hurting on the curbside he tore open.
   According to the police report, a northbound sedan driver going straight on Townsend Avenue hit a parked SUV near 1549 Townsend Avenue in the Bronx around 5:40 a.m. on a below-freezing Sunday. The 28-year-old male sedan driver reported neck pain and whiplash and was listed in shock. Police recorded “Unsafe Speed” as a contributing factor.
5. Distracted driver hits woman on Walton 2025-11-26T17:40:00+00:00
   WALTON AVE
   A distracted driver hit a 26-year-old woman crossing at Walton Avenue and East 169th Street, leaving her with a bruised hip. Evening rush, same old story: driver not looking, pedestrian hurt.
   According to the police report, a driver in a Ford car or SUV heading south on Walton Avenue hit a 26-year-old woman who was crossing at East 169th Street in the late afternoon. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction and listed the woman’s injury as a hip and upper leg contusion. The crash happened in daylight on a weekday.