Passenger killed after teen driver T-boned truck in Bronx
A 20-year-old passenger died after a Bronx crash involving a sedan and a diesel tractor truck, and police told the Daily News that the teen driver, T’Andre Hatcher, was charged with manslaughter and DWI.
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.
Police said the teen driver T-boned an 18-wheeler
The official record says the crash happened at Oak Point Avenue and Manida Street in the Bronx and involved a sedan and a diesel tractor truck. It recorded one person killed and one person injured, both motorists.
The Daily News, citing police, reported that T’Andre Hatcher, 19, was behind the wheel of a silver Infiniti when he T-boned an 18-wheeler at Manida Street and Oak Point Avenue. The article said the impact sheared most of the roof off the sedan and left it crushed under the tractor trailer’s undercarriage.
The official record lists the crash time as 5:18 a.m.; the Daily News reported, citing police, that it happened about 4:15 a.m.
Frankely Nunez-Payano died after the crash
The official record identifies the person killed as a 20-year-old male front-seat passenger. The Daily News identified him as Frankely Nunez-Payano and reported that medics took him to Harlem Hospital, where he could not be saved.
Police cited alcohol and filed serious charges
The official record lists the sedan driver as licensed in Virginia and the tractor-truck driver as licensed in New York.
Oak Point Avenue has had repeated harm since 2022
The crash happened at Oak Point Avenue and Manida Street in Hunts Point, according to the Daily News, and the official record places it in the Bronx ZIP code 10474.
CrashCountNYC location data for Oak Point Avenue in the Bronx shows 67 crashes, 49 injuries, 5 serious injuries and 2 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.