Driver Dies After Rear-Ending Snowplow on Major Deegan
Kevin Thompson, 41, died at St. Barnabas Hospital a day after police said he rear-ended a city Sanitation Department snowplow on the Major Deegan Expressway, where the official record lists one motorist killed and one injured.
What We Know
Kevin Thompson, 41, was driving south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, when police said he rear-ended a city Sanitation Department snowplow near West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge. The city crash record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured in a crash involving a snow plow and a sedan. The Daily News reported that Thompson died the next day at St. Barnabas Hospital, and that the 43-year-old plow driver was hospitalized in stable condition and had not been charged.
Police said Thompson rear-ended a sanitation snowplow
The Daily News reported that Kevin Thompson, 41, was driving a black 2015 Acura TLX south on the Major Deegan Expressway just after 4 a.m. when police said he rear-ended a city Sanitation Department snowplow. The official crash record places the crash at 4:04 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2022, and lists a sedan and snow plow with southbound travel entries.
On the Major Deegan near West 233rd Street
The crash happened on the Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx. Police placed it near West 233rd Street in Kingsbridge, according to the Daily News, and the city crash record lists the Major Deegan Expressway as the crash street.
One driver died and another was hospitalized
The official record lists Thompson as the driver killed in the crash. The Daily News reported that Thompson lived in Morrisania and died the next day at St. Barnabas Hospital. The paper also reported that the 43-year-old plow driver was hospitalized in stable condition.
Records identify the sedan and snowplow
Police identified Thompson's car as a black 2015 Acura TLX, according to the Daily News. The official record lists a 2015 Acura sedan and a 2016 Mack snow plow, with damage entries centered at the sedan's front end and the snowplow's rear end.
No charge was reported against the plow driver
The Daily News reported that the plow driver had not been charged as of the article's publication on Jan. 23, 2022.