Recent severe crashes

1. Distracted Truck Driver Lets Parked Rig Kill Man 2025-02-10T08:10:00+00:00
   851 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
   A box truck driver left his parked rig on Sixth Avenue. The truck moved and hit a 33-year-old man behind the wheel of another car. Morning commute, one man dead, because a driver wasn’t paying attention.
   According to the police report, a box truck that had been parked near 851 Avenue of the Americas moved north and hit a 33-year-old man who was driving another vehicle. The man died at the scene. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor by the truck’s driver. The crash happened on a cold weekday morning and involved a large commercial truck, highlighting the risk when such vehicles are not securely controlled.
2. Taxi driver hits turning cyclist on 16th 2025-11-15T12:44:00+00:00
   W 16 ST
   A taxi driver going straight on Sixth hit a 31-year-old cyclist turning right onto West 16th. The crash crushed his arm and hand in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.
   According to the police report, a 41-year-old taxi driver traveling northwest on Avenue of the Americas hit a 31-year-old cyclist who was also going northwest and turning right onto West 16th Street around 12:44 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon. Police recorded crush injuries to the cyclist’s elbow, lower arm, and hand, along with shock at the scene. The taxi driver was alone and reported no injuries.
3. Taxi driver’s left turn crushes woman 2025-10-01T09:20:00+00:00
   E 28 ST
   Morning at E 28th and Madison: a 70-year-old taxi driver turned left and hit a 27-year-old woman crossing with the signal. Her lower leg was crushed in the intersection.
   At East 28th Street and Madison Avenue in Manhattan, a 70-year-old taxi driver turning left hit a 27-year-old woman who was crossing in the intersection with the signal. According to the police report, she sustained crush injuries to her knee and lower leg and was recorded as injured. The report notes center-front impact and no damage to the taxi.
4. Parked Car Door, Cyclist’s Head: E 17th 2025-07-29T10:42:00+00:00
   E 17 ST
   A driver in a parked sedan and a southbound bike rider collided on E 17th at 5th on a weekday morning. The 21‑year‑old rider took the hit to his head and left with severe lacerations.
   According to the police report, a 21-year-old bike rider heading south on E 17th Street hit a parked sedan near 5th Avenue in Manhattan around 10:42 a.m. The rider suffered severe lacerations to his head and was listed as injured. The sedan’s driver, who was parked at the time, was not reported injured. Police recorded “Failure to Keep Right” as a contributing factor. The case is logged under collision ID 4831257.
5. Unlicensed driver, drunk night, four men down 2025-04-19T23:37:00+00:00
   206 5 AVE
   Near 206 Fifth Ave, an unlicensed sedan driver and a taxi driver crashed and four men on foot paid the price. Bleeding legs, crushed feet, a broken knee — all on a Saturday night soaked in alcohol.
   Near 206 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, a taxi driver turning left and an unlicensed sedan driver traveling straight south collided, sending the taxi into four male pedestrians. According to the police report, alcohol involvement was recorded, and one pedestrian also had unsafe speed and alcohol listed as factors. The men suffered leg crush injuries, a broken knee, and arm wounds. The sedan driver was listed as unlicensed in New York records.