Recent severe crashes

1. Distracted driver kills 78-year-old cyclist 2025-12-07T09:25:00+00:00
   820 RIVERSIDE DR
   A northbound driver in a sedan hit a 78-year-old man riding a bike on Riverside Drive Sunday morning. Police recorded driver inattention, and the crash killed the rider with hip and upper leg injuries.
   A northbound driver in a 2021 Toyota sedan hit a 78-year-old man riding a bike near 820 Riverside Drive in Manhattan on a Sunday morning. According to the police report, the collision damaged the car’s front end and the back of the bike and caused fatal hip and upper leg injuries to the cyclist, who was ejected. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.
2. Distracted Driver Hits Woman Off Bronx Road 2025-08-06T23:47:00+00:00
   W 174 ST
   A distracted driver going north on Macombs Road hit a 44-year-old woman who was off the roadway near W 174th Street. The impact crushed her body. She died there, at night, because someone looked away.
   According to the police report, a driver traveling north on Macombs Road hit a 44-year-old woman near West 174th Street in the Bronx at night during light rain. Police recorded driver inattention or distraction. The driver hit her with the center front of the vehicle while she was not in the roadway. She was killed and suffered crush injuries to her entire body.
3. Driver Turns Right, Kills Man in Crosswalk 2025-03-29T11:22:00+00:00
   UNIVERSITY AVE
   A van driver making a right on University Ave hit a 65-year-old man who was crossing W Kingsbridge with the signal. Police say the driver failed to yield. The man died there in the intersection.
   According to the police report, a male driver in a Ford van turned right at University Avenue and West Kingsbridge Road on a Saturday morning and hit a 65-year-old man who was crossing in the intersection with the pedestrian signal. The report says the man suffered fatal head and crush injuries and died at the scene. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way by the driver as a contributing factor.
4. Distracted Mercedes Driver Rear-Ends Ford, Kills Man 2025-03-22T03:47:00+00:00
   MAJOR DEEGAN EXPRESSWAY
   A distracted Mercedes driver slammed into the back of a 2009 Ford on the Major Deegan overnight. The 39-year-old Ford driver died at the wheel while heading south through the Bronx.
   According to the police report, a driver in a Mercedes sedan traveling southbound on the Major Deegan Expressway hit the rear of a 2009 Ford sedan at 3:47 a.m. in the Bronx. The 39-year-old man driving the Ford died at the scene from injuries to his entire body. Police recorded driver inattention and unsafe speed for the Mercedes driver in this overnight crash.
5. Speeding driver slams Cross Bronx barrier 2025-11-23T04:06:00+00:00
   CROSS BRONX EXPY
   Overnight on the Cross Bronx, a 34-year-old driver went too fast and hit a barrier. Her sedan crumpled. She left with severe head wounds in the dark trench drivers built through the Bronx.
   A 34-year-old woman driving a 2024 Nissan sedan on the Cross Bronx Expressway hit a barrier overnight and was recorded with severe head lacerations and shock. According to the police report, police recorded unsafe speed by the driver as the contributing factor. She was the only person in the car, which was traveling southeast at the time of the crash.