Recent severe crashes

1. Left-Turning SUV Driver Kills Queens E-Biker 2025-07-31T14:18:00+00:00
   HOLLIS COURT BLVD
   A driver turning left from Hollis Court Blvd into 50 Ave hit a 55-year-old woman riding her e-bike straight. She was thrown from the bike and died from chest injuries in the afternoon rain.
   A 55-year-old woman riding an e-bike south on Hollis Court Blvd in Queens was killed when a driver in an SUV turned left into 50 Ave and hit her, also traveling south. According to the police report, the SUV’s right front quarter made contact, ejecting the rider, who suffered fatal chest injuries. Weather records show it was raining that afternoon.
2. 93-Year-Old Driver Plows Into Stopped Truck 2025-09-11T12:30:00+00:00
   CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY
   On Clearview Expressway, a 93-year-old sedan driver went straight and hit a box truck stopped in traffic. She suffered severe leg bleeding; the truck driver had a head injury. Police recorded driver inattention and unsafe speed.
   A southbound sedan and a box truck crashed on Clearview Expressway in Queens around 12:30 p.m. According to the police report, a 93-year-old woman driving the sedan went straight and hit the rear of a box truck that was stopped in traffic. She suffered severe bleeding and a lower-leg injury. The 38-year-old man driving the truck reported a head injury. Police recorded driver inattention and unsafe speed in the crash.
3. Distracted SUV driver slams stopped car 2025-12-04T19:49:00+00:00
   UTOPIA PKWY
   On Utopia Parkway, a northbound SUV driver slowed. The distracted driver behind kept going and hit him. The 37-year-old front driver suffered back and internal injuries.
   Two northbound SUV drivers crashed on Utopia Parkway at 186th Street in Queens. According to the police report, one driver slowed or stopped and the second, starting in traffic, drove into the rear of the first vehicle. Police recorded driver inattention for the 37-year-old man in the front SUV, who reported back and internal injuries. Both drivers were licensed.
4. Inexperienced driver slams head‑on on Utopia 2025-11-21T03:00:00+00:00
   46-84 UTOPIA PKWY
   A 37-year-old driver went straight on Utopia Parkway overnight and hit another sedan head-on. Police logged driver inexperience and distraction before he left with an arm injury and shock.
   According to the police report, a 37-year-old male driver going straight on Utopia Parkway around 3 a.m. hit another sedan head-on near 46-84 Utopia Parkway in Queens. He suffered an abrasion to his elbow and lower arm and was recorded in shock. Police recorded driver inexperience, driver inattention and another vehicular factor tied to his actions in the crash. Both cars were traveling straight before the impact on the arterial road.
5. Sedan driver rear-ends truck, shatters rider’s shoulder 2025-11-18T10:45:00+00:00
   CLEARVIEW EXPRESSWAY
   On the Clearview in Queens, a southbound sedan driver slammed into the back of a tractor-truck. The crash fractured a 31-year-old front-seat passenger’s shoulder and upper arm as morning traffic rolled past.
   On the Clearview Expressway in Queens on a Tuesday morning, a southbound sedan driver hit the rear of a southbound tractor-truck. According to the police report, a 31-year-old man riding in the sedan’s front passenger seat sustained a fracture to his shoulder and upper arm. Police recorded “Reaction to Uninvolved Vehicle” and unsafe lane changing as contributing factors for the drivers in this expressway crash involving a large truck.