Recent severe crashes

1. Two Drivers Fail To Yield, Kill Queens Pedestrian 2025-04-24T20:46:00+00:00
   166 ST
   Two eastbound drivers on Linden Boulevard went straight and hit a 62-year-old man crossing outside the crosswalk. Police recorded failure to yield and driver distraction. He died with “crush injuries” while both vehicles kept rolling.
   A 62-year-old man died after two drivers hit him as he crossed Linden Boulevard near 166th Street in Queens on a Thursday evening. According to the police report, he was crossing outside a crosswalk when the eastbound drivers continued straight and struck him, causing crush injuries to his entire body. Police recorded failure to yield right-of-way and driver inattention or distraction as contributing factors. Each vehicle carried only the driver.
2. Speeding SUV Driver Kills Himself on 90th Ave 2025-01-21T05:38:00+00:00
   90 AVE
   Before dawn on 90th Avenue, a 63-year-old SUV driver tore into a parked sedan. Police recorded unsafe speed. He died alone in the crushed SUV on a quiet Queens block.
   According to the police report, a 63-year-old licensed man driving an SUV east on 90th Avenue near 143rd Street hit a parked sedan at 5:38 a.m. Police recorded unsafe speed by the driver. The impact collapsed the sedan’s roof. The driver, the only person in the SUV, was killed. The parked sedan was unoccupied. The crash happened overnight in below-freezing temperatures.
3. Afternoon Queens crash leaves 63-year-old driver crushed 2025-12-10T15:25:00+00:00
   INWOOD ST
   Two sedan drivers collided at Inwood Street and Linden Boulevard in Queens. A 63-year-old driver reported crush injuries across his entire body in the mid-afternoon crash.
   According to the police report, two licensed male drivers going straight in sedans on Inwood Street and Linden Boulevard in Queens collided around 3:25 p.m. on December 10. A 63-year-old driver traveling east reported crush injuries to his entire body, classified as a serious injury. The second driver was listed but not recorded with any injury details.
4. Queens sedan driver hits scooter rider, then parked truck 2025-11-17T08:44:00+00:00
   150 ST
   On 150th Street at 94th Avenue, a westbound sedan driver hit a 64-year-old standing-scooter rider with enough force to cause severe head bleeding, then drove into a parked pickup. The scooter rider took the worst of it.
   According to the police report, a sedan driver traveling west on 150th Street at 94th Avenue in Queens hit a 64-year-old man riding a standing scooter southbound, causing severe bleeding from a head injury. The sedan then continued and hit the rear of an unoccupied parked pickup truck. Police recorded “Traffic Control Disregarded” for the scooter rider. The crash happened on a Monday morning.
5. BMW driver blows light, slams teen rider 2025-09-02T13:40:00+00:00
   PARSONS BLVD
   A BMW driver ran a traffic signal at Parsons Blvd and Hillside Ave and hit a 16-year-old on a motorized scooter. The unlicensed teen took the front-end impact and suffered a head wound with severe bleeding.
   According to the police report, a BMW driver traveling east on Hillside Ave hit a 16-year-old riding a standing motorized scooter south on Parsons Blvd around 1:40 p.m. in Jamaica, Queens. Both were going straight when they collided in the intersection. Police recorded “Traffic Control Disregarded” for both the teen rider and the BMW driver. The rider, who did not hold a driver’s license, sustained a head injury with severe bleeding and remained conscious.