Recent severe crashes

1. SUV Driver Runs Light, Kills 65-Year-Old Cyclist 2025-07-29T18:06:00+00:00
   2 AVE
   Driver heading south on 2nd Ave blew a traffic control and hit a 65-year-old e-bike rider at East 15th Street. The unlicensed rider was thrown, left unconscious with head and crush injuries, and died from those wounds.
   A 2024 Nissan SUV driver traveling south on 2nd Avenue hit a 65-year-old man riding an e-bike at East 15th Street in Manhattan. According to the police report, both the SUV driver and the cyclist were recorded as disregarding traffic control. The impact ejected the rider, who was left unconscious with head and crush injuries. Police listed his injury severity as fatal.
2. Distracted Rider Dies in Solo FDR Crash 2025-07-24T03:48:00+00:00
   FDR DRIVE
   A 31-year-old motorcycle rider went down on the FDR overnight and never got back up. Police recorded driver inattention before he was ejected and suffered fatal crush injuries to his head.
   A 31-year-old man riding a 2023 Yamaha motorcycle north on the FDR Drive crashed overnight in Manhattan and died. According to the police report, the rider was ejected and suffered fatal crush injuries to his head. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor. No other people were listed as injured.
3. Distracted Bus Driver Kills Man on 3rd 2025-06-16T05:28:00+00:00
   3 AVE
   A northbound bus driver hit and killed a 49-year-old man in the 3rd Avenue and E 28th Street intersection. Police recorded driver inattention as the cause.
   A 49-year-old man walking in the intersection of 3rd Avenue and East 28th Street was killed when a northbound bus driver hit him with the bus’s right front bumper around 5:28 a.m. According to the police report, the pedestrian suffered crush injuries to his entire body. Police recorded driver inattention and distraction by the bus driver as the contributing factor in the fatal crash, which involved a large bus on a Manhattan avenue.
4. 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.
5. 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.