Recent severe crashes

1. Driver Turning Commercial Truck Kills Teen on Citi Bike 2026-09-18T16:00:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   A 57-year-old driver turning a commercial truck at East 14th Street and First Avenue killed 15-year-old Daria Serkov and injured another teen.
   A 57-year-old driver in a Peterbilt commercial truck was heading west on East 14th Street and turning right onto First Avenue around 9 p.m. Friday when he hit an electric Citi Bike carrying two teenagers, according to police reports cited by Gothamist, CBS New York and the Daily News. Daria Serkov, 15, of Manhattan, was taken to Bellevue Hospital and died there; the other teen was hospitalized in stable condition. Witnesses told reporters bystanders tried to get the driver to stop, and one witness said the driver was crying afterward. The driver remained at the scene, and police reported no arrests or charges as the investigation continued. Advocates said the First Avenue corridor has a deadly history for bicyclists and called for turn calming and protected bike design at the intersection.
2. Driver Dies After FDR Drive Guardrail Crash 2026-08-24T06:44:00+00:00
   Manhattan
   A woman driving a white Tesla died and a 26-year-old passenger was injured after a guardrail crash on the FDR Drive, police told FOX 5 NY.
   Police said a woman was driving a white Tesla north on the FDR Drive around 2:44 a.m. with a 26-year-old male passenger when the crash involved a guardrail on the Upper East Side. FOX 5 NY reported that the Tesla overturned and both occupants were ejected. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene, and the passenger was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian | Weill Cornell Medical Center in stable condition. The Tesla caught fire after the crash, and the FDR Drive was closed before reopening.
3. Hit-and-run SUV driver kills woman in Second Avenue crosswalk 2026-03-25T04:28:00+00:00
   2 AVE
   Espina Bundley, 69, remembered by a neighbor as “a very nice person,” died after a driver in an SUV hit her before dawn on Second Avenue in Midtown East.
   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.
4. Oil truck driver kills pedestrian while backing, prosecutors say 2026-03-20T04:40:00+00:00
   LEXINGTON AVE
   Terrill Jenkins, 44, was on his way to his Home Depot job when he was fatally injured around 4:30 a.m. at Lexington Ave. and E. 61st St.; official crash records list a tanker driver backing.
   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.
5. E-bike rider killed in crash by U.N. on First Avenue 2026-01-13T22:23:00+00:00
   1 AVE
   Jason Galindo, 32, an active Queens community member, died Jan. 13 after police said he lost control while riding an e-bike in the First Avenue bike lane near E. 45th Street and the U.N.
   Jason Galindo, 32, was killed on Jan. 13, 2026, while riding an e-bike at First Avenue and East 45th Street in Midtown Manhattan. City crash data records the fatal crash at 10:23 p.m. and lists one cyclist killed, with no other injuries. Police told reporters Galindo was riding north in the First Avenue bike lane when he lost control and hit a barrier near the United Nations, suffering severe head trauma before medics took him to Bellevue Hospital. Press reports citing police described the e-bike as an illegal, high-speed HappyRun G100 Pro capable of 50 mph; city crash data identified the e-bike as a HappyRun G100 and cited driver inattention or distraction as a contributing factor.