Teen Driver Charged After Bronx Crash Kills Passenger
Police said 19-year-old T'Andre Hatcher was driving a silver Infiniti when he crashed into an 18-wheeler in Hunts Point on Jan. 8, 2022; the city record shows one motorist killed, and the Daily News reported manslaughter and DWI charges.
What We Know
According to the police report, a diesel tractor-truck driver turned right from Oak Point Avenue toward Manida Street as a 19-year-old car driver continued straight. The car driver hit the truck’s right side. The 20-year-old front passenger died from head injuries and crush trauma. The teen driver suffered facial abrasions. Police recorded alcohol involvement and driver inexperience for the car’s driver. The crash happened overnight in below-freezing weather with an oversized truck in the mix.
A fatal crash in Hunts Point
The city crash record places the collision at Oak Point Avenue and Manida Street in the Bronx on Jan. 8, 2022, and records one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
The Daily News, citing cops, reported that T'Andre Hatcher was behind the wheel of a silver Infiniti when he T-boned an 18-wheeler at the intersection. The report said the force of the collision sheared most of the roof off the sedan and left it crushed under the tractor trailer's undercarriage.
The sources give different times: the city record lists 5:18 a.m., while the Daily News reported the crash happened about 4:15 a.m.
The passenger and driver
The Daily News identified the passenger as Frankely Nunez-Payano, 20, and reported that medics took him to Harlem Hospital, where he could not be saved. The city record lists the person killed as a 20-year-old male front-seat passenger.
The Daily News identified the driver as T'Andre Hatcher, 19, of Chesapeake, Virginia.
Vehicles and movements recorded
The official record lists a 2018 Infiniti sedan traveling west and going straight ahead, with two occupants. The Daily News described the sedan as a silver Infiniti Q50.
The official record also lists a 2007 diesel tractor truck traveling north as its driver was making a right turn, with one occupant.
Alcohol involvement and charges
The city crash record lists alcohol involvement for the crash and lists alcohol involvement and driver inexperience for the sedan driver.
Oak Point Avenue has seen repeated harm
The crash happened at Oak Point Avenue and Manida Street in the Bronx, in the Hunts Point area described by the Daily News.
CrashCountNYC's street context for Oak Point Avenue in the Bronx counts 67 crashes, 49 injuries, five serious injuries and two deaths since 2022.