Recent severe crashes

1. Overnight Sutphin Crash Hurls Moped Passenger 2025-06-29T02:23:00+00:00
   SUTPHIN BLVD
   A driver in a BMW hit a southbound moped on Sutphin Blvd at Tuskegee Airmen Way overnight. The crash threw a 31-year-old passenger and left him with a bleeding head wound after police recorded a traffic control disregarded and alcohol in the mix.
   According to the police report, a driver in a BMW sedan going east on Tuskegee Airmen Way hit a southbound moped on Sutphin Boulevard in Queens overnight. The crash ejected a 31-year-old male passenger from the moped, and he suffered a head injury with severe bleeding. Police recorded “Traffic Control Disregarded” and “Alcohol Involvement” as contributing factors. The collision occurred on a weekend night after dark.
2. Distracted Driver Slams Cyclist on 170th 2025-01-08T12:15:00+00:00
   170 ST
   A distracted sedan driver hit a 50-year-old man riding a bike on 170th Street near Liberty Avenue, crushing his lower leg in the midday cold. Police logged driver inattention as the cause.
   According to the police report, a man driving a Nissan sedan south on 170th Street near Liberty Avenue hit a 50-year-old man riding a bike. The report says the car’s center front end struck the cyclist and caused crush injuries to his lower leg. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction as the contributing factor. The crash happened in daylight on a below-freezing January afternoon in Queens.
3. SUV driver blows left, hits man 2025-12-12T00:00:00+00:00
   LAKEWOOD AVE
   A 55-year-old SUV driver failed to yield on a left turn on Lakewood Ave and hit a man in a marked crosswalk, leaving him semiconscious in the street overnight.
   According to the police report, a 55-year-old licensed driver in an SUV turned left from Lakewood Avenue at Remington Street around midnight and hit a 40-year-old man walking in a marked crosswalk at the intersection. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way and turning improperly by the driver. The pedestrian had a contusion on his lower leg and was listed as semiconscious after the crash.
4. Speeding Queens driver hurts himself in solo crash 2025-11-24T17:19:00+00:00
   111-03 144 ST
   A 27-year-old driver pushed his Acura along 144th Street and lost it. The sedan hit hard enough to leave him with a concussion and a back injury. Police wrote it up as unsafe speed.
   A 27-year-old man driving a 2002 Acura sedan east on 144th Street in Queens crashed near 111-03 144th Street on a Monday afternoon. According to the police report, he suffered a concussion and a back injury. Police recorded unsafe speed by the driver as the contributing factor. No other people were listed as injured in the report.
5. Queens SUV driver hits man off roadway 2025-11-19T05:10:00+00:00
   GUY R BREWER BLVD
   Before dawn on Guy R Brewer, an SUV driver turned toward Tuskegee Airmen Way and hit a 23-year-old man standing off the roadway. His lower leg took the impact. Pain and shock in the dark and rain.
   According to the police report, a woman driving a 2015 Nissan SUV north on Guy R Brewer Boulevard in Queens turned left toward Tuskegee Airmen Way and hit a 23-year-old man who was recorded as a pedestrian off the roadway and not at an intersection. The man suffered an injury to his lower leg and was documented with pain and shock. Weather at the time was recorded as rainy. No other injuries were listed in the report.