Recent severe crashes

1. Dump-Truck Driver’s Lane Change Kills E-Bike Rider 2026-09-28T10:51:00+00:00
   W 34 ST
   A dump-truck driver changed lanes unsafely on W. 34th Street and killed an e-bike rider. One lane change ended a life.
   According to the police report, the dump-truck driver was changing lanes when the crash occurred at W. 34th Street and 7th Avenue. Police recorded unsafe lane changing. The e-bike rider, a 50-year-old woman, was killed. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.
2. Driver's Alcohol Involvement, Passenger Killed 2026-09-09T02:35:00+00:00
   E 42 ST
   A passenger was killed in a crash on East 42nd Street. Police recorded alcohol involvement for the driver, who was also injured.
   According to the police report, a 27-year-old woman riding as a passenger was killed on East 42nd Street in Manhattan. The 27-year-old driver was injured, with a neck injury and a complaint of pain or nausea. Police recorded alcohol involvement as a contributing factor. The report does not describe how the crash happened.
3. Driver Hit Fallen Rider on FDR 2026-06-01T23:58:00+00:00
   FDR DRIVE
   A 48-year-old motorcycle rider died just before midnight on FDR Drive. Police accounts said he fell after hitting a divider, then an SUV driver hit him.
   According to the police report, a 48-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed on FDR Drive in Manhattan at 11:58 p.m. on June 1. The crash record lists a motorcycle and a Cadillac SUV, both traveling north. Published police accounts said the rider hit a divider and was thrown onto the roadway before a 53-year-old SUV driver hit him. Other occupants were listed; the report does not describe their injuries.
4. Hit-and-run SUV driver kills woman in Second Avenue crosswalk 2026-03-25T04:28:00+00:00
   2 AVE
   Espina Bundley, 69, a Richmond Hill resident who worked two jobs, was fatally struck by an SUV driver who fled on Second Avenue in Manhattan around 4:30 a.m. on March 25, 2026.
   Official crash records say Bundley, 69, was killed around half past 4 AM on March 25 while crossing in a marked crosswalk without a signal at Second Avenue and East 58th Street. The records list a male driver with a New York permit, traveling south and going straight in a 2024 Chevrolet SUV, and cite driver inattention or distraction. Police-based reports placed the crash one block south at East 57th Street, said the driver left, and identified the arrested driver as Bryan Alexis Guashpa Rumipamba. Police said he was charged with leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, failure to yield to a pedestrian and failure to exercise due care.
5. Oil truck driver kills pedestrian while backing, prosecutors say 2026-03-20T04:40:00+00:00
   LEXINGTON AVE
   Jenkins, 44, was heading to his Home Depot job when a driver backed into him at Lexington Avenue and East 61st Street early on March 20, 2026. He later died at the hospital.
   Official crash records place the crash around half past 4 AM on March 20, 2026, at Lexington Avenue and East 61st Street in Manhattan, where 44-year-old pedestrian Terrill Jenkins was killed. The records list a tanker, a driver backing before impact, and unsafe backing as a contributing factor; the pedestrian record says Jenkins was crossing against the signal. Prosecutors said Vincent Spano backed an oil truck through the intersection and over Jenkins in the crosswalk, checked on him, and left; police said Spano later turned himself in and was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and failure to exercise due care. Accounts differ on the truck’s path: early police reports described a southbound driver, while official crash records list northbound travel and backing.